Doss
/dɒs/noun
A bed or place to sleep, especially a temporary or informal one.
Did you know?“Doss” entered English as slang for a bed or sleeping place and is linked to older British dialect words for a straw mattress, not to any occult or magical root.
Etymological Timeline
Early 19th Century
English
doss
“A bed, sleeping place, or place to spend the night, especially informally or cheaply.”
18th Century
English dialect
doss
“A straw mattress or bundle used for bedding.”
Middle English
English dialect
dosse
“A bundle of straw or bedding material.”
Germanic
Proto-Germanic
*dūstaz
“Dust, fine dry material; possibly connected by dialectal developments of bedding straw.”