press bed

noun

a bed enclosed within a closet, cupboard, etc.
Compare Murphy bed.

Origin of press bed

First recorded in 1650–60

Words nearby press bed

press, press agency, press agent, press association, press baron, press bed, press box, press brake, press bureau, press clipping, press conference

Example sentences from the Web for press bed

  • He is lying ill with a fever in the press-bed in the kitchen, where not a breath of air reaches him.

    Woman's Work in English Fiction |Clara Helen Whitmore

  • But Connie explained to Ronald that the huge wooden wardrobe was doubtless a press-bed which let down at night.

    Sue, A Little Heroine |L. T. Meade

  • Next door, in the dining-room, old Betty Harrison lay across the press-bed in which she usually slept.

    She Stands Accused |Victor MacClure