zabutonhttp://www.oed.com/dictionary/zabuton_n%3Ftab%3Dmeaning_and_usezabuton, n.
Revised 2021

zabutonnoun

  1. 1879–
    In Japan: a flat floor cushion for sitting or kneeling on.
    1. 1879
      Five rin or half a sen for the use of a ‘zabuton’ a small cushion to sit on.
      Japan Mail 10 April 195/1
    2. 1973
      She brought a zabuton and sat on the floor on that.
      A. Broinowski, Take One Ambassador xii. 193
    3. 2015
      We sat, no zafu, no zabuton, sat smack in our center and zoned.
      J. Cohen, Book of Numbers 368

zabuton, n. was revised in December 2021.

zabuton, n. was last modified in December 2024.