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trestle bed

trestle bed noun: a portable bed supported by trestles, as used in a military camp, hospital etc.

Noun

trestle bed (plural trestle beds)

  1. A portable bed supported by trestles, as used in a military camp, hospital etc.
    • You know that little trestle bed in the garret room, with the old mattress on it that the last minister left there?1919, Lucy Maud Montgomery, Rainbow Valley
    • She had long since ceased to share a bed with her, allowing Madge and Flossie the one respectable bed the room contained, and sleeping herself on a rackety trestle-bed underneath the window.1928, Nan Shepherd, The Quarry Wood

Forms of trestle bed

pluraltrestle beds

Questions about trestle bed

What does trestle bed mean?
Trestle bed means a portable bed supported by trestles, as used in a military camp, hospital etc.
What part of speech is trestle bed?
Trestle bed is a noun.
What is the plural of trestle bed?
The plural of trestle bed is trestle beds.

Words near trestle bed in the dictionary

  1. tressures
  2. tressy
  3. Trester
  4. Tresters
  5. trestle
  6. trestle bed
  7. trestle beds
  8. trestle board
  9. trestle boards
  10. trestle bridge
  11. trestle bridges

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