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daybed

daybed \daybed\ n.

  1. an armless couch; a seat by day and a bed by night.

    Syn: divan bed.

  2. a long chair; for reclining.

    Syn: chaise longue, chaise.

Wiktionary
daybed

n. 1 a couch that can be used as a sofa by day and a bed by night 2 long chair for reclining

WordNet
daybed
  1. n. an armless couch; a seat by day and a bed by night [syn: divan bed]

  2. a long chair; for reclining [syn: chaise longue, chaise]

Wikipedia
Daybed

Daybeds are used as beds as well as for lounging, reclining and seating in common rooms. Their frames can be made out of wood, metal or a combination of wood and metal.

They are a cross between chaise longue, couch and a bed.

Daybeds typically feature a back and sides and come in Twin Size (39 in × 75 in = 99 cm × 191 cm). Often daybeds will also feature a trundle to expand sleeping capacity.

Usage examples of "daybed".

I was on the Le Corbusier daybed across the room, lounging on the cowhide.

Alice, sometimes napping on the daybed in her bedroom, the picture of the devoted husband.

I knew, a bottle of fingernail polish Gina had left on the dressing table went flying, and, defying all gravitational law, landed upside down in the suitcase she had placed on the floor at the end of the daybed, around seven or eight feet away.

His face was shuttered, averted from the daybed, every line of his body indicating the most acute discomfort.

Gomez removed a lit candle from the candelabrum and placed it in the sconce on the wall above the daybed, then he bowed and withdrew.

The furniture was a scattering of shapely satinwood chairs and tables and a sofa, upholstered in pale green velvet, and a matching, elegant daybed, which Lev had ordered specially for her.

Vassily put her down carefully on the daybed, and then went to look at the books like a homing-pigeon.

Vassily kissed her hand and then her cheek with a great deal of elegant charm which Tatya, momentarily forgotten on her daybed, found very attractive to see.

He swept her round in a circle, paused long enough for her to snatch her shawl from the end of the daybed and her reticule from the work-table, and then made off with her through the garden to the stableyard, where his carriage was waiting.

She sighed without knowing that she had done so, and Vassily looked across at Vron, who gazed sleepily from the middle of the daybed, his eyes a lighter shade than the green velvet.

He sat on the edge of the daybed again and put his hands on her shoulders.

Tatya clung to him, and after the briefest hesitation, he squeezed himself half on to the daybed beside her and held her with one arm round her shoulders.

Vassily exclaimed, trying to evade the rough tongue, but Vron persisted, and in his efforts to escape, Vassily moved too violently and fell off the daybed, at which Vron said something which sounded remarkably coarse and ran under the table at the far end of the room.

She collapsed against him, boneless, and he carried her to the daybed without pulling free of her, and carefully he laid her down on it, and moved over her.

His hands slid between her back and the daybed, splayed wide over her.