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Definition of Plank-bed
1. Noun. A bed of boards (without a mattress).
Lexicographical Neighbors of Plank-bed
Literary usage of Plank-bed
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Windsor Magazine: An Illustrated Monthly for Men and Women (1895)
"A plank bed is not a bed of roses ; of course, it is not absolute torture, ...
The prison plank bed must be endured for at least a month ; indeed, ..."
2. Penological and Preventive Principles: With Special Reference to Europe and by William Tallack (1889)
"And it is obvious that such instances would be incomparably more frequent, but
for some measure of repulsiveness, such as the tread-wheel and the plank-bed. ..."
3. Prisoner for Blasphemy by George William Foote (1886)
"The plank bed is constructed of three eight-inch deals, held together laterally
by transverse wooden bars, which serve to lift it two or three inches from ..."
4. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"During the first month he sleeps on a plank bed, a wooden frame raised from the
... These stages are applicable to females except as regards the plank bed; ..."
5. The Windsor Magazine: An Illustrated Monthly for Men and Women (1895)
"A plank bed is not a bed of roses ; of course, it is not absolute torture, ...
The prison plank bed must be endured for at least a month ; indeed, ..."
6. Penological and Preventive Principles: With Special Reference to Europe and by William Tallack (1889)
"And it is obvious that such instances would be incomparably more frequent, but
for some measure of repulsiveness, such as the tread-wheel and the plank-bed. ..."
7. Prisoner for Blasphemy by George William Foote (1886)
"The plank bed is constructed of three eight-inch deals, held together laterally
by transverse wooden bars, which serve to lift it two or three inches from ..."
8. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"During the first month he sleeps on a plank bed, a wooden frame raised from the
... These stages are applicable to females except as regards the plank bed; ..."
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