Meanings
nouncotbed (plural cotbeds)
plural cotbeds
- datedA simple bed.
Across the head of the stairs had been pushed a cotbed, made up for the night, but it was unoccupied.
1914, Locked Doors, Mary Roberts Rinehart1 more example
At last Hip Mow told Jose to quit, and he took him to a little room where there was a cotbed and informed him that he was to go to sleep.
1910, The Bradys and the Yellow Crooks, page 13
Origin
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