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

An automatic feeder is another way to lure him away from your bed: Place it at the farthest point in your apartment and set it to go off a little before 5 a.m.

From Slate

Sky-closing Eve, thy purple veil entwine, Sun, thy luxurious couch incarnadine; While wanton Thetis day too early closes, Thy shameless bed place 'mid Hesperian roses; Roses, forsooth, by conscious blushes painted, By sin with its own tell-tale redness tainted.

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

On entering this place, they are confined by the neck, with a much larger chain, which is fixed into the wall, and comes over their bed place, so that they are kept chained in their beds.

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