box bed

a bed completely enclosed so as to resemble a box.

a bed that folds up in the form of a box.

Origin of box bed

First recorded in 1795–1805

Pasquale was seated on the edge of his box-bed in his little lodge when Giovanni came to the door.

Marietta |F. Marion Crawford
He sat down on the edge of the box-bed no one had thought it worth while to remove, and covered his face while memory awoke.

The Days of Auld Lang Syne |Ian MacLaren
Inside the cottage the rowan bunch was suspended from the top of the corner-cupboard or box-bed.

Witchcraft and Superstitious Record in the South-Western District of Scotland |J. Maxwell Wood
In my box-bed at that flower-baptized inn, I certainly did not sleep so well as in my own nest at school.

Charles Auchester, Volume 2 (of 2) |Elizabeth Sheppard

A mild little voice issued from a box-bed in a corner of the room.

Freaks on the Fells |R.M. Ballantyne