green-bed

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noun Guernsey, now historical A low bed covered in dry fern or straw for people to sit or recline on, traditionally found in cottages or farmhouses.

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"Oh, bon Dieu!" gasped Aunt Jeanne, and sat down suddenly on the green-bed at sight of us, believing we were spirits bearing her warning.

Carette of Sark John Oxenham 1896
And he stood so long before the green-bed, gazing at Carette, that there sprang up in me a sudden desire to take him by the neck and drag him away, or, better still, to hurl him through the open door into outer darkness.

Carette of Sark John Oxenham 1896
But -- close my eyes, and in a moment I was in Jeanne Falla's great kitchen at Beaumanoir, with Carette perched up on the side of the green-bed, swinging her feet and knitting blue wool, and Aunt Jeanne herself, kneeling in the wide hearth in the glow of the flaming gorse, seeing to her cooking and flashing her merry wisdom at us with twinkling eyes.

Carette of Sark John Oxenham 1896
And the ropes of flowers above the green-bed swung as though in a summer gale, and the roses leaped out and joined in the dance, till the smell of them, as they were trampled by the flying feet, filled all the room.

Carette of Sark John Oxenham 1896
You have given us a most charming surprise, "-- with a nod towards the flower-decked green-bed.

Carette of Sark John Oxenham 1896