daybed

noun — 2 senses

daybed

noun

/ˈdeɪˌbɛd/

Etymology From day + bed.

1

A couch that can be used as a sofa by day and a bed by night.

  • After this exhausting work was done Agnes would lie upon her daybed with her arms dangling, too fatigued to lift them.2010, Andrea Levy, The Long Song, Tinder Press (2017), page 35:
2

A long chair used for reclining.

Related terms
luohan bed

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