truckle bed

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First, that he lie upon the truckle bed, Whiles his young master lieth o'er his head.

From A History of Elizabethan Literature by Saintsbury, George

Up a narrow stair sped Soapy and, opening one of the numerous doors, crossed to a truckle bed wherefrom a tousled head upreared itself.

From The Definite Object A Romance of New York by Farnol, Jeffery

He shook his head and motioned his father to get away from the side of his low truckle bed.

From The Dew of Their Youth by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)

With this pleasant thought in mind, sitting on my truckle bed opposite the window, I gave myself up to a thousand philosophical reflexions of varying degrees of cheerfulness.

From The Mysterious Sketch by Erckmann-Chatrian

In one corner was a truckle bed, covered with a cloth and a pile of loose straw.

From The Golden Grasshopper A story of the days of Sir Thomas Gresham by Kingston, William Henry Giles