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sleigh-bed Hist. 
n. (a modern term) for a style of bed current in the first half of the 19th century, characterized by an outward curl at the top of the headboard and footboard.
- 1950 She is immensely proud of his [Thos. C. Haliburton's] place in Nova Scotia history, and enjoys showing visitors around, upstairs to the old fourposters and "sleigh beds" or down to the basement and its great fireplace.
- 1950 She is immensely proud of his [Thos. C. Haliburton's] place in Nova Scotia history, and enjoys showing visitors around, upstairs to the old fourposters and "sleigh beds" or down to the basement and its great fireplace.