field bed

American  

noun

1. a small bed having an arched canopy on short posts.

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Etymology

Origin of field bed

An Americanism dating back to 1820–30

Example Sentences

Lea woke up alone in her field bed the next morning.

From The New Yorker • Jun. 18, 2012

Those plants simply marked double in the seed bed were planted in a regular field bed by themselves.

From Trees, Fruits and Flowers of Minnesota, 1916 Embracing the Transactions of the Minnesota State Horticultural Society,Volume 44, from December 1, 1915, to December 1, 1916, Including the Twelve Numbers of "The Minnesota Horticulturist" for 1916 by Latham, A. W.

Dorothy Quincy's bedroom contains a fine old mahogany field bed, which is appropriately covered with the flowered chintz popular at the end of the Eighteenth Century.

From Furnishing the Home of Good Taste A Brief Sketch of the Period Styles in Interior Decoration with Suggestions as to Their Employment in the Homes of Today by Throop, Lucy Abbot

It was already deep night--he lay upon his field bed, and the images of Eliza and Clara were floating confusedly before his half closed eyes.

From Tales from the German. Volume II. The Lichtensteins, The Sorceress, The Anabaptist by Velde, Carl Franz van der

A pleasing design of the old field bed.

From Furnishing the Home of Good Taste A Brief Sketch of the Period Styles in Interior Decoration with Suggestions as to Their Employment in the Homes of Today by Throop, Lucy Abbot