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Webster 1913 Edition

(bŭṉk)

Noun.

[Cf. OSw.

bunke

heap, also boaring, flooring. Cf.

A wooden case or box, which serves for a seat in the daytime and for a bed at night.

[U.S.]

One of a series of berths or bed places in tiers;

as, to sleep in the top

bunk

A piece of wood placed on a lumberman’s sled to sustain the end of heavy timbers.

[Local, U.S.]

Verb.

[

imp. & p. p.

Bunked

;

p. pr. & vb. n.

Bunking

To go to bed in a bunk; – sometimes with in.

[Colloq. U.S.]

Bartlett.

Noun.

A case or cabin of boards for a bed; a word used in some parts of America.