camp bed

noun

1. a light folding cot or bed.

Word History and Origins

Origin of camp bed¹

First recorded in 1680–90

Example Sentences

As Dr Marcus Harrington, a lecturer in psychology, gets me ready for my night, he tells me he will be sleeping on a camp bed while monitoring me from the room next door.

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But on camp beds laid out inside a classroom, older women sit still, looking bewildered.

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Police sequestered the passengers in the airport, where they have spent two nights on camp beds while the investigation continues, according to the Marne administration.

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Nearby, her two teenage children lie on camp beds, glued to their phones, with Arnold the dog curled up next to them.

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From a camp bed in a foreign country, the 40-year-old bookeeper thinks about restarting her and her children’s lives from square one.

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