Cushion \Cush"ion\ (k??sh"?n), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cushioned (-?nd); p. pr. & vb. Cushioning.]

1. To seat or place on, or as on a cushion.

Many who are cushioned on thrones would have remained in obscurity. --Bolingbroke.

2. To furnish with cushions; as, to cushion a chaise.

3. To conceal or cover up, as under a cushion.

Cushioned hammer, a dead-stroke hammer. See under Dead-stroke.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)