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sleeping-bench 
n. the bench or platform inside an igloo, used for sleeping and usually at the original snow level, the remaining space being an excavation where cooking and eating and other activities are carried on. [See picture at igloo.]
See also: igloo sleeping-platform
- 1938 New deerskins were laid out on the sleeping bench and everything in good order.
- 1958 [They sat] on the fur rugs of the sleeping benches.
- 1938 New deerskins were laid out on the sleeping bench and everything in good order.