box bed

American  

noun

1. a bed completely enclosed so as to resemble a box.

2. a bed that folds up in the form of a box.

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Etymology

Origin of box bed

First recorded in 1795–1805

Example Sentences

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box bed

Also, there was Mrs. Tittlemouse's bedroom, where she slept in a little box bed!

From The Tale of Mrs. Tittlemouse by Potter, Beatrix

The opening was rudely furnished with a heavy table and a bench, and close to one wall was a box bed, still filled with pine boughs.

From The Rover Boys in Camp or, The Rivals of Pine Island by Stratemeyer, Edward

The original entry was through a panel at the back of a "box bed" in the wainscot of a small, isolated bedroom at the top of the house.

From Secret Chambers and Hiding Places Historic, Romantic, & Legendary Stories & Traditions About Hiding-Holes, Secret Chambers, Etc. by Fea, Allan

The concealed, or box bed, in the house place wall, had been David's sleeping place.

From A Daughter of Fife by Barr, Amelia Edith Huddleston

She turned as she spoke, and Betty, looking in the same direction, saw a young man seated on the side of a box bed in the darkest part of the kitchen.

From Sophia A Romance by Weyman, Stanley John