field bed

American  

noun

1. a small bed having an arched canopy on short posts.

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Etymology

Origin of field bed

An Americanism dating back to 1820–30

Example Sentences

Lea woke up alone in her field bed the next morning.

From The New Yorker • Jun. 18, 2012

Those plants simply marked double in the seed bed were planted in a regular field bed by themselves.

From Trees, Fruits and Flowers of Minnesota, 1916 Embracing the Transactions of the Minnesota State Horticultural Society,Volume 44, from December 1, 1915, to December 1, 1916, Including the Twelve Numbers of "The Minnesota Horticulturist" for 1916 by Latham, A. W.

“I’d have kept them all here and made a big field bed on the floor if I had thought we were going to have such a storm as this,” Mrs. Royall said anxiously.

From The Torch Bearer A Camp Fire Girls' Story by Thurston, I. T. (Ida Treadwell)

The first object which struck his eyes was a big white tent; before the tent stood a canvas field bed, and on it lay a man attired in a white European dress.

From In Desert and Wilderness by Sienkiewicz, Henryk

Our babies were on a field bed on the floor.

From Old Rail Fence Corners The A. B. C's. of Minnesota History by Morris, Lucy Leavenworth Wilder