[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. J. Purves, in Longm. Mag., April, 648. The cottage being divided into two small apartments by the box-beds erected in a line.
