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

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Example Sentences

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box bed

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 James Runciman

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 Allan Fea

He then made a box bed at his own house, large enough for Sir Patrick to lie in, with bed and bed-clothes, and bored holes in the boards for air.

From The Red True Story Book by H. J. (Henry Justice) Ford

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 Edward Stratemeyer

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 Stanley John Weyman

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