English

Noun

bed trick ‎(plural bed tricks)

1. A plot device in Elizabethan and Jacobean theatre where a character begins sexual activity with someone else, then steals away after the lights are off, allowing another character to continue instead.^[1]

References

1. ↑ Bed Trick: how we made a short film inspired by The Changeling The Guardian, 2013-05-16.