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

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

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

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

From The Tale of Mrs. Tittlemouse by Potter, Beatrix

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