Meaning of trestle bed | Babel Free

Definitions

A portable bed supported by trestles, as used in a military camp, hospital etc.

Examples

“You know that little trestle bed in the garret room, with the old mattress on it that the last minister left there?”

“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.”

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