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Definition of Truckle bed
1. Noun. A low bed to be slid under a higher bed.
Definition of Truckle bed
1. Noun. A trundle bed. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Truckle Bed
Literary usage of Truckle 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 (1859)
"[In the universities, the student slept in the truckle-bed of his tutor. ...
Thus Falstaff is spoken of as having His standing-bed and truckle-bed. ..."
2. The Antiquary by Edward Walford, John Charles Cox, George Latimer Apperson (1884)
"in his Toothless Satires makes the trencher- chaplain He upon the truckle-bed
Whiles his young maister lieth o'er his bead. Even as late as Butler's day, ..."
3. An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1893)
"Hence truckle-bed, a bed that runs on small wheels and can be pushed under another
... To truckle under is a phrase having reference to the old truckle-bed, ..."
4. No Name: A Novel by Wilkie Collins (1863)
"It was a low truckle-bed, placed parallel with the wall, and close to one of the
doors ... The truckle-bed, and the strange position in which it was placed, ..."
5. The Homes of Other Days: A History of Domestic Manners and Sentiments in by Thomas Wright (1871)
"The Count d'Artois lies in the bed under the canopy, while the truckle-bed is
occupied by his valet (in this case, his wife in disguise). ..."
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