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ˈwater-bed
1. A bed on board ship as distinguished from one ashore. nonce-use.
1615Sandys Trav. 27 To his house I repaired, with hope of some refreshment after my wearisome voyage: but he then from home, I was forced to returne to my water-bed.
2. A stratum through which water percolates.
1791Smeaton Edystone L. §328 When sunk into, deep enough to pierce the water bed. 1886A. Winchell Walks Geol. Field 32 There are districts where waterbeds may be traced for one or two miles.
3. a. A water-tight mattress filled with water, serving as a bed (orig. for an invalid).
1844A. N. Brown Let. 28 Nov. in Church Missionary Soc. Archives: New Zealand Mission (MS.), Our kind Bishop had him removed to his House the day he was taken ill and planned a water bed to place him on. c1848J. R. Planché Extravaganzas (1879) III. 294 And something like the sort o' bed That Dr Arnolt designates a water bed. 1853Mrs. Gaskell Ruth vii, Water-beds coming by the carrier, and a doctor from London coming down to-morrow. 1862Sala Seven Sons III. i. 5 Who so hale and strong but he may find the water-bed a luxury? 1899Allbutt's Syst. Med. VI. 720 The severest cases require a water-bed.
b. A plastic mattress filled with water, designed as an alternative to a conventional bed. Also fig.
1970Time 7 Sept. 42 His efforts to improve it led him [sc. C. P. Hall] to a much splashier creation... It is the water bed. 1971Guardian 5 Oct. 10/1 The water-bed is simply an ultra-sonically welded vinyl bag filled..with around 150 gallons of water, and contained in a wooden frame which rests on the floor or can be raised to conventional bed height. 1977Time Out 21 Jan. 43 (caption) ‘The Odyssey’, a soft, billowing water-bed of a piece that's performed at the Albert Hall on Tuesday by no less than ten keyboard players plus tympani and vocals. 1978J. Irving World according to Garp xi. 205 Garp slumps back on the water bed,..the bed rolls like a small sea. 1984Listener 19 July 17/4 (Advt.), For couples who want to get away together..4 poster beds, water beds—with whirlpool bath en suite.
4. Anat. The cavity between the arachnoidea and pia mater containing cerebrospinal fluid, upon which the brain rests.
1899Allbutt's Syst. Med. VI. 435 In the circle of Willis, where the arteries lie on a yielding water-bed, the subarachnoid space. Ibid. VII. 536 A constant secretion of watery fluid into the ventricles is kept up, in order to maintain the water-bed on which the brain rests. |