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Sense: 1
Date: 1400-1500
Language: French
Origin: palette; PALETTE
Sense: 2
Date: 1300-1400
Language: Anglo-French
Origin: paillete, from paille 'straw'

pallet

 noun
     
Related topics: Industry
pal‧let [countable]
1TI a large frame, used for storing or carrying heavy things:
wooden pallets
2 a rough cloth bag filled with straw, used in the past for sleeping on
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