trundle bed

English

A bedded bed-stead with a trundle-bed.

Alternative forms

• trundlebed, trundle-bed

Etymology

From trundle +‎ bed.

Noun

trundle bed (plural trundle beds)

1. A low bed, designed to be rolled/stored away, usually on casters, under a higher bed, e.g. for temporary use by guests.

Synonyms

• high-riser
• truckle bed

Coordinate terms

• bunk bed
• Murphy bed

Translations

low bed under a higher bed

• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Dutch: uitschuifbed, bed op wieltjes
• Finnish: ulosvedettävä sänky, vierassänky
• French: lit gigogne (fr)
• German: Ausziehbett
• Hebrew: מיטה נפתחת
• Hungarian: pótágy (hu)
• Italian: letto estraibile m, letto a carriola m
• Polish: wysuwanym łóżkiem
• Portuguese: cama sobressalente
• Slovene: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: cama nido
• Swedish: gästsäng c
• Ukrainian: висувне ліжко n (vysuvne ližko)

Further reading

• trundle bed on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

• “trundle bed” in Webster’s Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary: Based on Webster’s Third New International Dictionary, 7th edition, Springfield, Mass.: G[eorge] & C[harles] Merriam, 1963 (1967 printing), →OCLC.