truckle bed

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I called Jacopo Antonio, a boy of fifteen years of age who acted as my servant and slept in a truckle bed, and bade him look for my rings.

From Jerome Cardan A Biographical Study by Waters, W. G. (William George)

Thou couldst never dole out food to men, when, lying in thy truckle bed, thou wast not to be found, while men were fighting.

From The Elder Eddas of Saemund Sigfusson; and the Younger Eddas of Snorre Sturleson by Saemund Sigfusson

Madame Elizabeth was placed in a kind of kitchen, or wash-room, with a truckle bed in it, on the ground floor.

From Maria Antoinette Makers of History by Abbott, John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot)

Do you place your men as I told you," said the Earl, abruptly, "and bring me a truckle bed out of the guardroom.

From The Black Douglas by Richards, Frank

There were but two inodorous rooms, the innermost of which contained a truckle bed.

From Menotah A Tale of the Riel Rebellion by Henham, Ernest G.