featherbed

Noun

• a mattress stuffed with feathers

Verb

• hire more workers than are necessary

• treat with excessive indulgence
  • grandparents often pamper the children
    
  • Let's not mollycoddle our students!
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  feather bed , pamper , cosset , cocker , baby , coddle , mollycoddle , spoil , indulge