bed place

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of bed place¹

First recorded in 1560–70

Example Sentences

When the doors were opened the bed place looked precisely like a berth on board ship.

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The immediate cause appeared to be a collection of damp which had formed round his bed-place.

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"That is the bed place upon which we shall carry your poor invalid wife out to the carriage," said Walworth.

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There we saw, by the ashes in the chimney and a standing bed-place in one corner, that he made his usual occupation.

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Bateson—appointed to chop Frank's bed-place into firing—appeared punctually with his ax.

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