angel bed

angel bed
noun
Etymology: translation of French lit d'ange
: a bed without posts but with a small canopy

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1. Fr. Furniture. a bed having a suspended or bracketed canopy of less than full length. Cf. duchesse bed.
2. U.S. Furniture. a bed without posts, as a truckle bed.
[1700-10]

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