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单词 box-bed
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box-bedn.

Brit. /ˈbɒksbɛd/, U.S. /ˈbɑksˌbɛd/, Scottish English /ˈbɔksbɛd/, Irish English /ˈbɑksbɛd/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: box n.2, bed n.
Etymology: < box n.2 + bed n.
Chiefly Scottish and Irish English (northern). Now chiefly historical.
An enclosed bed, often having the form of a large box with wooden roof, sides, and ends, opening in front with sliding panels, shutters, or curtains; (also occasionally) a bed arranged so as to fold up into a box. Cf. press bed n.Historically, box-beds were used in various places throughout Western Europe, and were a common feature of cottages in Scotland.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > bed > types of bed > [noun] > other types of bed
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earth-bed1637
pigeon-hole bed1685
box-bed1693
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plaid bedc1710
bed of state1713
pallet1839
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rocker1854
wire bed1882
lit bateau1895
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sleigh bed1902
orthopaedic bed1943
high-low bed1956
futon1959
bateau lit1983
1693 in A. W. C. Hallen Acct. Bk. Sir J. Foulis (1894) 160 To get a mason to pair ye wall for a boxbed in ye chamber.
1801 R. Gall Tint Quey 173 She clauchtit down wi' speed The bowet aff the box-bed head.
1883 Longman's Mag. Apr. 648 The cottage being divided into two small apartments by the box-beds erected in a line.
1972 G. M. Brown Greenvoe (1976) iii. 94 The old sailor-fiddler broke his thigh on the peat-hill that summer; he lay in the box-bed a week.
2004 B. O'Reilly Living under Thatch viii. 72 The items of furniture, such as the dresser, settle bed, wall racks, box beds, etc., are of cultural value.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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