daybed

See also: day bed

English

Etymology

day +‎ bed

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈdeɪˌbɛd/

Noun

daybed (plural daybeds)

  1. A couch that can be used as a sofa by day and a bed by night.
    • 2010, Andrea Levy, The Long Song, Tinder Press (2017), page 35:
      After this exhausting work was done Agnes would lie upon her daybed with her arms dangling, too fatigued to lift them.
  2. A long chair for reclining.

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