truckle bed
noun chiefly British
A low bed on wheels that can be stored under a larger bed.Tours are offered (on Tuesdays and Thursdays) of his modest house, where he slept in a truckle bed and practised in an interior of monastic restraint....
- There he settled him back down onto the truckle bed and felt his brow and pulse.
- Essential for sleepovers, the truckle bed simply pulls out ready-for-use when friends come to stay.
Origin
Late Middle English: from truckle1 in the sense 'wheel' + bed.