English

Alternative forms

• boxbed
• box bed

Noun

box-bed ‎(plural box-beds)

1. A bed that is completely enclosed to provide the occupant with privacy, resembling a freestanding box or built into a wall.
   • 2013, Norman Adams, Hangman's Brae: True crime and punishment in Aberdeen and the North-East, ISBN 1845026225:

     James locked up before going to bed in the kitchen but awoke early next morning to hear footsteps beyond the closed wooden shtters of his box-bed.

2. A bed that has the form of a large box for storage, with the lid of the box serving as the sleeping platform.
   • 2013, Ruskin Bond, Tales of Fosterganj, ISBN 9383064633:

     Perhaps the wood had warped too much during the monsoon, I thought, and the lid of the old box-bed did not fit properly.

3. A bed that folds up to form a box.
   • 1947, Modern Packaging, page 99:

     After many unsuccessful attempts, a "box-bed" was developed which met all requirements for packing practicability and of eye appeal for the owners. The boxes are supplied with a folding panel at one end which, when tilted back, becomes the head-board of the "bed".

4. Attributive form of box bed.