tent bed


noun
  1. a field bed having a canopy in the form of a tent.

Origin of tent bed

1
First recorded in 1745–55

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How to use tent bed in a sentence

  • General Gorgaud slept on a small tent bed with green silk hangings, which Napoleon had had with him in all his campaigns.

    Napoleon's Young Neighbor | Helen Leah Reed
  • The next thing I would see was a small tent-bed, with the whitest of curtains, and enchanting fringes of white ball-tassels.

    Wilfrid Cumbermede | George MacDonald
  • Again he had quiet nights in his old tent-bed in the brothers' room.

    The Growth of a Soul | August Strindberg
  • One of them leads the first horse, which carries two large sacks of straw with my tent bed between them.

    From Pole to Pole | Sven Anders Hedin
  • A tent-bed, hung with green curtains, stood between the two doors.

    Earl Hubert's Daughter | Emily Sarah Holt