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

In the kitchen is the box bed in which the poet was born, and many of the articles of furniture belonged to his family.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" by Various

As we were going into a box bed for the night, two young men came in, and said they were “gaun to burn the water.”

From Spare Hours by Brown, John

A boy drove the night's fish to the station, and Big Harry slept heavily in the dark box bed.

From The Romance of the Coast by Runciman, James

When I came to, I was lying on a box bed in a cottage, with Peter and the lady who had held the yellow gate kneeling by my side.

From Margot Asquith, an Autobiography - Two Volumes in One by Asquith, Margot

She traced as of old the roses upon the cheap paper with which the box bed was papered, and which had been her mother's pride when it was put on.

From The Underworld The Story of Robert Sinclair, Miner by Welsh, James C.