Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A bed which forms a settle or settee by day; a folding bed. Compare
sofa-bed . - noun A small bed having a narrow canopy: probably so called from the resemblance of this to the small canopy sometimes attached to a settle.
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Examples
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But he kept firm his purpose, until his eyes involuntarily rested upon the little settle-bed, and recalled the form of the child of his old age, as she sate upon it, pale, emaciated, and broken-hearted.
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Still, however, he had been carried alive into the town, had been laid in a settle-bed in the little inn, and had his wounds dressed with such surgical skill as the town afforded.
La Vend�e 2004
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The dream dispersed and Jim lay awake in his settle-bed.
At Swim, Two Boys Jamie O’Neill 2002
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He did not remember coming home, only lying in the dark later, in his settle-bed on his own.
At Swim, Two Boys Jamie O’Neill 2002
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Jim slept on a settle-bed made up in the kitchen, so he said yes, but they were up to that dodge.
At Swim, Two Boys Jamie O’Neill 2002
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When he looked up, he saw that Jim had arranged the settle-bed and was already lying in it.
At Swim, Two Boys Jamie O’Neill 2002
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Jim slept on a settle-bed made up in the kitchen, so he said yes, but they were up to that dodge.
At Swim, Two Boys Jamie O’Neill 2002
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The only place for certain sure was inside the horsehair of his settle-bed.
At Swim, Two Boys Jamie O’Neill 2002
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The dream dispersed and Jim lay awake in his settle-bed.
At Swim, Two Boys Jamie O’Neill 2002
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While Jim readied the settle-bed, his father lit his candle from the Sacred Heart lamp.
At Swim, Two Boys Jamie O’Neill 2002
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