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stump bed
noun
- a bed without posts.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of stump bed1
First recorded in 1835–45
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Example Sentences
Then Charles climbed up the ladder, and Giles showed him a little room, not much larger than a closet, with no furniture in it, but a stump bed without any hangings, and covered with a coarse, woollen rug.
From Project Gutenberg
The cell was a narrow room with bare floor, a small table, one chair, a prayingstool, a crucifix, and a stump bed, having a straw pillow and a crimson coverlet marked with a large white cross.
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