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truckle bed

noun

  1. a low bed moving on casters, usually pushed under another bed when not in use.


truckle bed

noun

  1. a low bed on wheels, stored under a larger bed, used esp formerly by a servant
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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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.

When I came to myself I was lying upon a truckle-bed, in a bare, half-furnished room.

A truckle-bed for the children or chamber servants was pushed under the principal bed by day.

She was up from the truckle-bed directly, wildly feeling about her for her basket, and gazing at him in affright.

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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