bough bed

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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

Quotations

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. . . .