stump bed

noun

1. a bed without posts.

Word History and Origins

Origin of stump bed¹

First recorded in 1835–45

Example Sentences

Then Charles climbed up the ladder, and Giles showed him a little room, not much larger than a closet, with no furniture in it, but a stump bed without any hangings, and covered with a coarse, woollen rug.

From Project Gutenberg

The cell was a narrow room with bare floor, a small table, one chair, a prayingstool, a crucifix, and a stump bed, having a straw pillow and a crimson coverlet marked with a large white cross.

From Project Gutenberg