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Entry 6 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Cushion

/(k??sh"?n)/ · Cush·ion · IPA /ˈkʊʃən/
01 n. A case or bag stuffed with some soft and elastic material, and used to sit or recline upon; a soft pillow or pad.
  1. 1.
    A case or bag stuffed with some soft and elastic material, and used to sit or recline upon; a soft pillow or pad.
    “Two cushions stuffed with straw, the seat to raise.” — Dryden.
  2. 2.
    Anything resembling a cushion in properties or use
  3. 3.
    A riotous kind of dance, formerly common at weddings; -- called also cushion dance. Also: cushion dance
Phrases & compounds
Cushion capital — A capital so sculptured as to appear like a cushion pressed down by the weight of its entablature.
Cushion star — a pentagonal starfish belonging to Goniaster, Astrogonium, and other allied genera; -- so called from its form.
02 v. t. To seat or place on, or as on a cushion.
imp. & p. p. Cushioned; p. pr. & vb. n. Cushioning
  1. 1.
    To seat or place on, or as on a cushion.
    “Many who are cushioned on thrones would have remained in obscurity.” — Bolingbroke.
  2. 2.
    To furnish with cushions; as, to cushion a chaise.
  3. 3.
    To conceal or cover up, as under a cushion.
Phrases & compounds
Cushioned hammer — a dead-stroke hammer. See under Dead-stroke.