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View synonyms for truckle bed

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

There were three blankets upon three raised beds—one large and old, the other two little more than truckle beds.

Both the boys were in their truckle beds.

He was no longer beaten, chained, or starved; he lay in a truckle bed instead of a stable; the work he had to do was of the lightest.

He took me to the very top of the mill, and there was a room with a heap of straw in one corner, and many empty barrels, and by the wall a truckle bed.

Finally, he sat bolt upright in his little truckle bed in silent defiance.

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