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

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 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

It was a low-roofed room, with a box bed and some pieces of humble furniture, fit only for a labouring man.

From Beside the Bonnie Brier Bush by Maclaren, Ian

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