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

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

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

In making this style of a deadfall it is not necessary to use a string and the forked stakes with the cross stick in the forks; all that is necessary is to have two upright standards, one locked on to the other by just a notch cut in the standard that the drop rest on and catch the other end of the standard resting on the bed place.

From Project Gutenberg

She moved in her bed place and turning on her elbow stared at the door, listening.

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