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Definition of Trundle bed
1. Noun. A low bed to be slid under a higher bed.
Definition of Trundle bed
1. Noun. A low bed, designed to be rolled/stored away, usually on casters, under a higher bed, e.g. for temporary use by guests. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Trundle Bed
Literary usage of Trundle bed
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, Thomas Wright (1872)
"TRUNDLE-BED. The same as TRUCKLE-BED ; a small, low bedstead, ... With a chain
and trundle-bed following at th" heels, And will they not cry then the world ..."
2. A Glossary; Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, Thomas Wright (1867)
"... I might but lay my head At thy bed's feet, ith' trundle bed. See TRUCKLE-BED.
Song in Il'il'i Int., p. 259. TRUNDLE-TAIL. An animal, generally a dog, ..."
3. Remains, Historical and Literary, Connected with the Palatine Counties of by Chetham Society (1856)
"(Merry WW) "trundle bed" is the same as the truckle bed. ... A trundle bed is
rendered in French, "un petit lit has, qui se roule sous le lit. ..."
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