bed place
noun
a space housing a bed or bedding, especially one having the form of a cupboard closed with doors or curtains.
Origin of bed place
1First recorded in 1560–70
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How to use bed place in a sentence
When the doors were opened the bed place looked precisely like a berth on board ship.
Rollo in Holland | Jacob AbbottThe immediate cause appeared to be a collection of damp which had formed round his bed-place.
Notable Voyagers | W.H.G. Kingston and Henry Frith"That is the bed place upon which we shall carry your poor invalid wife out to the carriage," said Walworth.
The Beautiful White Devil | Guy BoothbyThere we saw, by the ashes in the chimney and a standing bed-place in one corner, that he made his usual occupation.
The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 11 (of 25) | Robert Louis StevensonBateson—appointed to chop Frank's bed-place into firing—appeared punctually with his ax.
The Frozen Deep | Wilkie Collins
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