sickbed

[ sik-bed ]

/ ˈsɪkˌbɛd /

the bed used by a sick person.

Origin of sickbed

late Middle English word dating back to 1375–1425; see origin at sick¹, bed

At other times I would picture myself as a wounded soldier watched over on his sickbed by queenly women.

Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 4 (of 6) |Havelock Ellis
With a courtesy that pained me he rose from his sickbed and ordered tea and sweetmeats to be brought.

At the Court of the Amr |John Alfred Gray
I think I never fully knew my father's sister till in those weeks beside the sickbed.

The Price of the Prairie |Margaret Hill McCarter
For the next month his time was almost wholly taken up by the sickbed, and in the first week of December the end came.

Keats |Sidney Colvin

The greedy priest hovers about the sickbed, ready to take any possible advantage of human weakness.

Exempting the Churches |James F. Morton. Jr.

sickbed

[ sĭk′bĕd′ ]

A sick person's bed.