sickbed

[sik-bed]

noun

1. the bed used by a sick person.

Word History and Origins

Origin of sickbed¹

late Middle English word dating back to 1375–1425; sick ¹, bed

Example Sentences

When the boy’s not looking, Jamie’s shoulders sag as he trudges up the stairs to Isla’s sickbed, showing us a hint of adult complexities he alone understands.

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"I thought every time you catch an illness it's supposed to be a bit better each time?" was the message from his sickbed.

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The actor was filming an episode of the final season of “The Crown” in which her character, Princess Margaret, is visited at her sickbed by her older sister Elizabeth, played by Imelda Staunton.

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Around 8:00 P.M., not long before the curtain rose at Ford’s, Stanton left his house to visit his friend William H. Seward at his sickbed.

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And then I woke up, in my sickbed.

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