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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
camp bed
noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Even the March sun looks changed as it splinters off the chrome on the fold-away camp bed.
▪ He slept on a camp bed in a room full of the cardboard boxes he had filled with books.
▪ His Halloween programme Ghostwatch so scared my children that I have had to sleep on a camp bed in their room.
▪ Schellenberg's office at Prinz Albrechtstrasse had a military camp bed in one corner for he often spent the night there.
▪ We could actually sleep on the camp bed between the midnight and 6am observations.
Wiktionary
camp bed

n. A cot; a lightweight portable bed used by the military, campers etc.

WordNet
camp bed

n. a small bed that folds up for storage or transport [syn: cot]

Wikipedia
Camp bed

A camp bed, or cot in North America, is a small portable, lightweight bed used in situations where larger permanent beds cannot be used. The main advantage of this bed is its portability and compactness. Camp beds are generally used by armies or organizations, in tourism, and in emergency situations when there is a need to quickly provide accommodation for victims.

Camp beds generally consist of a foldable lightweight wood or metal frame, covered with canvas, linen or nylon.

The first camp bed were probably used by the Roman army. During the Soviet period, the lack of housing caused a massive use of camp beds that made them irreplaceable, iconic elements of the Soviet life.

Usage examples of "camp bed".

When she removed her helm and tossed it on Mai's camp bed, it could be seen that her long, coal-black hair had been braided and then, Horseclans-fashion, coiled about her small head to provide padding.

The excitement of the previous day had kept her tossing and turning in her camp bed for most of the night.

Some time in the night it began to rain and I woke to the sound of it on the canvas and the drip, drip, drip on the sand beside my camp bed.

She watched as Father Hugh retired discreetly to the back of the hall while Sapientia waited for her camp bed to be set up behind a screen next to her father.