box-bed
[f. box + bed.]
A bed having the form of a large box with wooden roof, sides, and ends, opening in front with two sliding panels or shutters; often used in cottages in Scotland: sometimes also applied to a bed arranged so as to fold up into a box.
| 1801 R. Gall Tint Quey 173 She clauchtit down wi' speed The bowet aff the box-bed head. 1883 Longm. Mag. Apr. 648 The cottage being divided into two small apartments by the box-beds erected in a line. |