truckle bed

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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

When Lingard ordered him to receive Joanna into his house, he had a truckle bed put into the office—the only room he could spare.

From An Outcast of the Islands by Conrad, Joseph

Long time I remembered some of those dreams which visited my truckle bed, placed on rollers a foot from the floor and thrice as many from the ridge pole.

From Confessions of Boyhood by Albee, John

He took me to the very top of the mill, and there was a room with a heap of straw in one corner, and many empty barrels, and by the wall a truckle bed.

From The Cloister and the Hearth A Tale of the Middle Ages by Reade, Charles

All for having set up a truckle bed in a wretched garret in the roof.

From The Man Who Laughs by Hugo, Victor