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

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

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

From The Tale of Mrs. Tittlemouse by Potter, Beatrix

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

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

From The Great Big Treasury of Beatrix Potter by Potter, Beatrix

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