box bed

noun

1. a bed completely enclosed so as to resemble a box.
2. a bed that folds up in the form of a box.

Word History and Origins

Origin of box bed¹

First recorded in 1795–1805

Example Sentences

We tried our best with a shoe box bed, an eyedropper of mush and a blanket from the doll’s house, but we failed.

From New York Times

A bath is lined with mosaic tiles that evoke a Moroccan hammam, for instance, and one of the bedrooms is equipped with a window seat/box bed that, Brewer notes, is straight out of the paintings of Swedish Arts and Crafts artist Carl Larsson.

From Architectural Digest

She turned as she spoke, and Betty, looking in the same direction, saw a young man seated on the side of a box bed in the darkest part of the kitchen.

From Project Gutenberg

Box′-bed, a kind of bed once common in Scotch cottages, having its ends, sides, and roof of wood, and capable of being closed in front by two sliding panels; Box′-day, one of the Court of Session vacation days when papers ordered to be deposited in court must be lodged.—adj.

From Project Gutenberg

But the gulf is lessened by the fact that they have surrounded themselves with mementoes of their many travels: African wooden dolls, Asian carvings and a large box bed from China covered in furs that fills the living room.

From The Guardian