captain's bed

American  

noun

1. a bed consisting of a shallow box with drawers in the side and a mattress on top.

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Example Sentences

Then she saw that the captain's bed was empty.

From A Hero of Romance by Marsh, Richard

A dry shirt and stockings were then put upon him, and he was laid in the captain’s bed.

From Thrilling Narratives of Mutiny, Murder and Piracy A weird series of tales of shipwreck and disaster, from the earliest part of the century to the present time, with accounts of providential escapes and heart-rending fatalities. by Anonymous

It formed the captain's bed, and it also served as a repository for a number of tobacco-boxes and an assortment of well-used pipes.

From Rick Dale, A Story of the Northwest Coast by Munroe, Kirk

"Yes," responded the "Kid," "I wouldn't swap my 'sleeping bag' for the captain's bed, to-night."

From A Gunner Aboard the "Yankee" by Doubleday, Russell

That's the captain's bed, that is, and if he was to know I'd made you free of it he'd have a word to say.

From A Hero of Romance by Marsh, Richard