Bolster

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boling is a narrow long cushion or pillow filled with cotton, down or fiber. Guling is usually strong for back or arm support or for decorative applications. They are not standard sizes or shapes and usually have a zipper or hook-and-loop enclosure. Foam inserts are sometimes used for additional support. Guling is also called as pillow, pillow and prop .

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Etimologi

It comes from both Middle and Old English, and is the same language as Old English belg , "bag". The use of the word "boling" first before the 12th century.

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Southeast and South Asia

In Southeast Asian countries, particularly Vietnam, the Philippines, Indonesia, Bangladesh and Thailand, bolsters are designed to be hugged during sleep. In Vietnam, it's called g? I ÃÆ'Â'm ("hugging the pillow"), while in the Philippines, traditional tandayan is also colloquially known as "hotdog cushions" after the food is very similar in appearance. The Malays call it the cuddle pillow and the Indonesians call it castle bolsters . Thailand call it Mon Khang ????????; Mon ???? mean pillow and Khang ???? means on the side.

In India and Pakistan, a type of roller is known there as a lode (in Marathi), gao-takya , masnad i>, or paash-baalish kol-baalish (in Bengali, and used to support the buttocks in addition to hugging during sleep.

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East Asia

In China, it's called bÃÆ' ozh? N in Mandarin (simplified: ??, "hug a pillow"), while in Cantonese it is known as laam2 zam2 (traditional: ??; pinyin: l? N zh? n ).

Guling is called dakimakura (???) in Japan. Tradition shows that a wife will bolt the bamboo and give it to her husband when she travels away from home so she will not be lonely at night, the alternative term "bamboo wife," "Dutch wife," or chikufujin (???).

In Korea, this is referred to as jukbuin (???), from the words juk ("bamboo") and puin ("wife" ). A jukbuin is used in summer to cool down during sleep, because the hollow construction of thin bamboo pieces allows air to flow through the pillow. Someone tightly wrap their arms and legs around the jukbuin while sleeping.

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Western countries

In western countries, bolsters are usually placed in the head of one's bed and serve as a back or lower support, or as a support arm on furniture with a high rigid side. The bolster pillow is also used as a bumper in the crib and to relax on the floor in the family room and children.

In the United States, the "body pillow" resembles a bolster and is designed to be hugged while sleeping.

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References

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