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truckle bed
noun
- a low bed moving on casters, usually pushed under another bed when not in use.
truckle bed
noun
- a low bed on wheels, stored under a larger bed, used esp formerly by a servant
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Word History and Origins
Origin of truckle bed1
late Middle English word dating back to 1425–75
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Example Sentences
Martin stepped towards a low truckle-bed on which lay the emaciated form of a woman covered with a scanty and ragged quilt.
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When I came to myself I was lying upon a truckle-bed, in a bare, half-furnished room.
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A truckle-bed for the children or chamber servants was pushed under the principal bed by day.
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She was up from the truckle-bed directly, wildly feeling about her for her basket, and gazing at him in affright.
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His pointing to the truckle bed in the corner, seemed gradually to bring that poor couch to Bradley's wandering remembrance.
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