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stump bed

noun

  1. 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.

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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