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bough bed

• a makeshift bed in which evergreen boughs function as a mattress, used by Indians, campers, etc.

  See also: browse bed  brush bed  

  • 1920  ". . . they don't want to wait around while their guide wastes time making up a fussy bough bed."
  • 1937  . . . the Indians put up tents and build bough beds. . . .
  • 1953  . . . I can split wood, make a bough bed, snare a rabbit, run a rapids. . . .