Definition of Day bed

1. Noun. Convertible consisting of an upholstered couch that can be converted into a double bed.

Exact synonyms: Studio Couch
Generic synonyms: Convertible, Sofa Bed

Definition of Day bed

1. Noun. (alternative spelling of daybed) A bed or sofa used specially for daytime. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Day Bed

day-old
day-peep
day-star
day-time
day-to-day
day-trade
day-trader
day-trading
day-tripper
day-trippers
day after
day after day
day after tomorrow
day and age
day and night
day bed
day beds
day before yesterday
day blind
day blindness
day boarder
day book
day boy
day boys
day by day
day camp
day care
day care center
day care centers
day count convention

Literary usage of Day bed

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The House in Good Taste by Elsie De Wolfe (1914)
"Nothing is more comfortable in a boudoir than a day bed. It serves so many purposes. In my own house my boudoir is also my sitting-room, and I have a large ..."

2. Furniture of the Pilgrim Century, 1620-1720: Including Colonial Utensils and by Wallace Nutting (1921)
"Attention is here called to the marked similarity between the Pennsylvania day-bed and the earliest type of Windsor chairs, which were made in Philadelphia. ..."

3. A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, Obsolete Phrases, Proverbs by James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps (1889)
"(3) The surface of ore. (4) A league of amity (5) To procrastinate. DAY-BED. A couch or sofa. A late riser is still called a day-bed fellow in I. Wight. ..."

4. A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, Obsolete Phrases, Proverbs by James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps (1847)
"(3) The surface of ore. (4) A league of amity (5) To procrastinate. DAY-BED. A couch or sofa. A late riser is still called a day-bed fellow in I. Wight. ..."

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