bed place

American  

noun

1. a space housing a bed or bedding, especially one having the form of a cupboard closed with doors or curtains.

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Etymology

Origin of bed place

First recorded in 1560–70

Example Sentences

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bed place

The furniture was scanty, consisting of a raised bed place, or divan; two tables, raised about a foot from the ground; brass basins, and large earthenware jars of water.

From At the Point of the Bayonet A Tale of the Mahratta War by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)

"Did you hear everything?" were my first words as soon as we took up our position side by side, leaning over my bed place.

From The Secret Sharer by Conrad, Joseph

Go to bed, place hot bricks to the feet, take nothing but a little gruel or beef tea, and drink moderately of warm, cream-of-tartar water.

From Hygienic Physiology : with Special Reference to the Use of Alcoholic Drinks and Narcotics by Steele, Joel Dorman

They laid him down in one of the little cabins—just a room for a bed place and a camp-stool or two, you know.

From Heart of Darkness by Conrad, Joseph

The woman did not get up or come to: she was just tossing on the bed place.

From Fables for Children, Stories for Children, Natural Science Stories, Popular Education, Decembrists, Moral Tales by Tolstoy, Leo, graf