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

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

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

Above were what looked like cupboards, running round the sides; but the skipper pushed open a sliding door, and showed a bed place.

From For Name and Fame Or Through Afghan Passes by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)

He whispered, his arms folded on the side of my bed place, staring through the open port.

From The Secret Sharer by Conrad, Joseph

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

From Command by McFee, William