Liberal Dictionary English Dictionary
box bed ExamplesWord Origin noun
- a bed completely enclosed so as to resemble a box.
- a bed that folds up in the form of a box.
Origin of box bed First recorded in 1795–1805 Examples from the Web for box bed Historical Examples of box bed
A mild little voice issued from a box-bed in a corner of the room.
R.M. Ballantyne
He sat down on the edge of the box-bed no one had thought it worth while to remove, and covered his face while memory awoke.
Ian MacLaren
The box-bed was of old almost universal in peasants’ cottages in the Border.
Highways and Byways in The Border
Andrew Lang
Inside the cottage the rowan bunch was suspended from the top of the corner-cupboard or box-bed.
Witchcraft and Superstitious Record in the South-Western District of Scotland
J. Maxwell Wood
In my box-bed at that flower-baptized inn, I certainly did not sleep so well as in my own nest at school.
Charles Auchester, Volume 2 (of 2)
Elizabeth Sheppard