ˈtent-ˈbed
[f. tent n.1 + bed n.]
a. A small and low bed used in a tent; a camp bed. b. A bed having an arched canopy and covered sides. Hence tent-bedstead.
| 1752 H. Walpole Lett. (1846) II. 432 Offered her a tent-bed, for fear of bugs in the inns. 1802 A. Seward Lett. (1811) VI. 9 His daughter could be constantly with him, and sleep in a tent-bed in his apartment. 1815 Scott Guy M. xliv, One of the bed-posts of a sort of tent-bed was broken down. 1827 Roberts Voy. Centr. Amer. 231 [I found him lying] in an English tent-bed. 1838 Dickens Nich. Nick. xi, In the other stood an old tent bed-stead. |