Box-bed in Austria
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box -bed (plural box-beds )
A bed that is completely enclosed to provide the occupant with privacy , resembling a freestanding box or built into a wall.
2013 , Norman Adams, Hangman's Brae: True crime and punishment in Aberdeen and the North-East , →ISBN :James locked up before going to bed in the kitchen but awoke early next morning to hear footsteps beyond the closed wooden shtters of his box-bed .
A bed that has the form of a large box for storage , with the lid of the box serving as the sleeping platform.
2013 , Ruskin Bond, Tales of Fosterganj , →ISBN :Perhaps the wood had warped too much during the monsoon, I thought, and the lid of the old box-bed did not fit properly.
A bed that folds up to form a box.
1947 , Modern Packaging , page 99 :After many unsuccessful attempts, a "box-bed " was developed which met all requirements for packing practicability and of eye appeal for the owners. The boxes are supplied with a folding panel at one end which, when tilted back, becomes the head-board of the "bed".
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