tent bed

American  

noun

1. a field bed having a canopy in the form of a tent.

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Etymology

Origin of tent bed

First recorded in 1745–55

Example Sentences

The first articles to be considered are a tent, bed, and mosquito-net.

From A Journal of a Tour in the Congo Free State by Dorman, Marcus Roberts Phipps

One of them leads the first horse, which carries two large sacks of straw with my tent bed between them.

From From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People by Hedin, Sven Anders

It was comfortably furnished, and the curtains of its tent bed were chequered in squares of blue and white.

From Malcolm by MacDonald, George

He tried to open it, but could not: Mrs Catanach was doubtless spending the night there, and perhaps at that moment lay, evil conscience and all, fast asleep in the tent bed.

From Malcolm by MacDonald, George

General Gorgaud slept on a small tent bed with green silk hangings, which Napoleon had had with him in all his campaigns.

From Napoleon's Young Neighbor by Reed, Helen Leah