French bed

American  

noun

1. a bed without posts, terminating in identical outward-curving rolls at the head and the foot.

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Etymology

Origin of French bed

First recorded in 1815–25

Example Sentences

The set was furnished with objects from Hogg’s youth, including an ornate antique French bed that she and her lover had bought, for a hundred pounds, at auction in 1982.

From The New Yorker • May 13, 2019

A French bed, a piece of carpet about three yards square, a small table, two chairs, a toilet table—no wardrobe—no chest of drawers.

From Uncle Silas A Tale of Bartram-Haugh by Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan

It found Nina, for instance, in her draped French bed, consulting her jeweled watch and listening for Leslie's return from the country club.

From The Breaking Point by Rinehart, Mary Roberts

The room was built around a wonderful old French bed which came from Brittany.

From The House in Good Taste by Wolfe, Elsie de

We occupied a nice stateroom, having a French bed with curtains, a sofa, a mirror on the wall, and some very convenient shelves.

From Scenes in the Hawaiian Islands and California by Anderson, Mary E. (Mary Evarts)