box-bed

noun box-beds · boxbed · box bed

1. A bed that is completely enclosed to provide the occupant with privacy, resembling a freestanding box or built into a wall. She had turned when they reached the candle-lit attic with its high uncurtained windows and its red-covered box beds […].
2. A bed that has the form of a large box for storage, with the lid of the box serving as the sleeping platform. Perhaps the wood had warped too much during the monsoon, I thought, and the lid of the old box-bed did not fit properly.
3. A bed that folds up to form a box. After many unsuccessful attempts, a "box-bed" was developed which met all requirements for packing practicability and of eye appeal for the owners. The boxes are supplied with a folding panel at one end which, when tilted back, becomes the head-board of the "bed".