spring bedn.

Brit.

/ˌsprɪŋ ˈbɛd/, U.S.

/ˌsprɪŋ ˈbɛd/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: spring n.¹, bed n.

Etymology: < spring n.¹ + bed n. With sense 1 compare earlier spring garden n. 2.

1. A garden bed containing plants that bloom or bear produce early in the year. Cf. spring garden n. 2.Earliest in figurative context.

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the world > food and drink > farming > gardening > garden > division or part of garden > [noun] > bed or plot > other bed

weedery1642

spring bed1684

thorn-bed1844

1684 J. Harington Grove 18 in Grecian Story What Sun-like Beams adorn the Eye..Spring-beds appear In gallant Cheeks, or each presents..White, crimson Bower.

1779 J. Abercrombie Garden Mushroom 49 The Autumnal beds..generally produce in a shorter time than those made in the middle of Winter, and Spring beds more freely than those of the hot time of Summer.

1889 Jrnl. Hort., Cottage Gardener & Home Farmer 14 May 394/1 A second objection..[is] that spring beds are at their best when the time arrives for bedding plants to be put out.

1903 Garden 63 299 The spring beds blaze with a splendour which even July will not eclipse.

2003 Times 12 Apr. (Weekend section) 15/1 Formal spring beds are in bloom and rare and endangered species include moth orchids and Bath asparagus.

2. A supporting surface that acts like or is equipped with a spring or springs; esp. (in later use) a bedstead in which springs are used to support the mattress.

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1795 Prices Paid to Journeymen 13 (table) Repairs... Hind futchel... Spring bed.

1846 C. Holtzapffel Turning & Mech. Manip. II. 913 The cloth..passes from a roller over a round bar, and comes in contact with the spring bed, which is a long elastic plate of steel, fixed to the framing of the machine.

1862 Internat. Exhib.: Illustr. Catal. Industr. Dept. II. xvii. §3579 Russell's Camp Hospital Spring Bed or Dhoolee Stretcher.

1939 Sunday Times (Perth, Austral.) 14 May 6/4 Both sets of apartments have built-in wardrobes and comfortable single, spring beds.

2015 Irish Times (Nexis) 10 Apr. (Features section) 11 The stage is sparse except for chairs and benches around the edges, an old spring bed and a very realistic-looking tree.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	spring bed
释义	spring bedn. Brit. /ˌsprɪŋ ˈbɛd/, U.S. /ˌsprɪŋ ˈbɛd/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: spring n.¹, bed n. Etymology: < spring n.¹ + bed n. With sense 1 compare earlier spring garden n. 2. 1. A garden bed containing plants that bloom or bear produce early in the year. Cf. spring garden n. 2.Earliest in figurative context. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > gardening > garden > division or part of garden > [noun] > bed or plot > other bed weedery1642 spring bed1684 thorn-bed1844 1684 J. Harington Grove 18 in Grecian Story What Sun-like Beams adorn the Eye..Spring-beds appear In gallant Cheeks, or each presents..White, crimson Bower. 1779 J. Abercrombie Garden Mushroom 49 The Autumnal beds..generally produce in a shorter time than those made in the middle of Winter, and Spring beds more freely than those of the hot time of Summer. 1889 Jrnl. Hort., Cottage Gardener & Home Farmer 14 May 394/1 A second objection..[is] that spring beds are at their best when the time arrives for bedding plants to be put out. 1903 Garden 63 299 The spring beds blaze with a splendour which even July will not eclipse. 2003 Times 12 Apr. (Weekend section) 15/1 Formal spring beds are in bloom and rare and endangered species include moth orchids and Bath asparagus. 2. A supporting surface that acts like or is equipped with a spring or springs; esp. (in later use) a bedstead in which springs are used to support the mattress. ΚΠ 1795 Prices Paid to Journeymen 13 (table) Repairs... Hind futchel... Spring bed. 1846 C. Holtzapffel Turning & Mech. Manip. II. 913 The cloth..passes from a roller over a round bar, and comes in contact with the spring bed, which is a long elastic plate of steel, fixed to the framing of the machine. 1862 Internat. Exhib.: Illustr. Catal. Industr. Dept. II. xvii. §3579 Russell's Camp Hospital Spring Bed or Dhoolee Stretcher. 1939 Sunday Times (Perth, Austral.) 14 May 6/4 Both sets of apartments have built-in wardrobes and comfortable single, spring beds. 2015 Irish Times (Nexis) 10 Apr. (Features section) 11 The stage is sparse except for chairs and benches around the edges, an old spring bed and a very realistic-looking tree. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1684
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