n.
  - a rectangular cloth bag stuffed with feathers, wadding, or other soft materials, used to support the head when lying or sleeping.
 - short for lace pillow.
 
v.
 rest (one's head) as if on a pillow. 
▸literary serve as a pillow for.
 
  Derivative
  
  Etymology
  OE pyle, pylu, of W. Gmc origin, based on L. pulvinus ‘cushion’.