单词 | field bed |
释义 | field bedn.adj. A. n. 1. A portable or folding bed, originally for use by a soldier in the field; a camp bed. In later use also: a bed with an arched canopy and covered sides (cf. tent-bed n. b). ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > bed > types of bed > [noun] > folding bed for camp or travelling trussing bed1398 letacamp1494 trussing bedstead1535 truss-bed1541 field bed1567 camp-bed1690 camp cot1785 camp-bedstead1825 stretcher-bed1842 stretcher1893 stretcher-bedstead1895 safari bed1936 zedbed1954 Z-bed1973 1567 G. Fenton tr. M. Bandello Certaine Tragicall Disc. xi. sig. Gg.v Beynge arryued at the lodging of her knighte, she founde him all plunged in extreme dollour, vpon a felde bedd [It. in letto], with more argumentes of death, then likelihods of lyfe. 1580 C. Hollyband Treasurie French Tong Lict de camp, a fielde bed. 1589 in Trans. Shropshire Archæol. Soc. (1878) 1 12 iiij vice pynnes with a wrest for a field bedde. 1699 W. Dampier Voy. & Descr. iii. iv. 41 In the East Indies..Men take their Cotts or little Field-Beds, and put them in the Yards, and go to sleep in the Air. 1709 J. Strype Ann. Reformation lv. 604 The Spanyard..made his brags, that he had turned the English ensigns into Spanish field-beds. 1728 Mem. Eng. Officer 161 He order'd his Field-Bed to be put up near the powder. ?1762 W. Ince & J. Mayhew Universal Syst. Houshold Furnit. (1960) Pl. XXVIII (caption) A single headed Couch or field Bed. 1850 H. Melville White-jacket xx. 99 They all lie on a level; their hammock clews crossing and recrossing in all directions, so as to present one vast field-bed. 1895 J. M. Falkner Lost Stradivarius xi. 161 He seldom left the house, sitting much and sleeping in his own room, where he had a field-bed provided for him. 1914 M. H. Northend Hist. Homes New Eng. xxi. 251 Across the hall is the guest chamber with its canopied Field bed, and the little trundle-bed underneath. 1977 W. M. Spackman Armful of Warm Girl 43 Here was the very room, the rosewood field-bed with its vased turnings. 2003 ‘J. le Carré’ Absolute Friends (2004) 77 If she doesn't show you up, you sleep down here. I've got a spare bed. A field bed. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > bed related to sleep or rest > [noun] > specific field bed1597 1597 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet ii. i. 40 Il'e to my trundle bed: This field bed is too cold for mee. View more context for this quotation 1618 J. Taylor Pennyles Pilgrimage B 3 We made a field-bed in the field, Which sleepe, and rest, and much content did yeeld. a1657 G. Daniel Poems (1878) II. 42 The night is fled, and Daye's best Chorister Kickes his feild-Bed with Scorne. 1754 A. Murphy Gray's Inn Jrnl. No. 100 He was making his Brags that he had been in a Field-bed with a young Lady, whose Brother was present. 1824 J. G. C. Brainard Lett. found in Ruins Fort Braddock xi. 69 Ah, Shadrach, we shall have a field bed tonight, and a bloody one too, I'm thinking. Apparently: characteristic of a person who sleeps in a field bed; coarse, rough, rustic. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > bed related to sleep or rest > [adjective] > specific field beda1627 a1627 T. Middleton & W. Rowley Old Law (1656) iv. 56 A Strumpet and a whore..And such fine field bed words. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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