DEATHBED

Source: 566, 567

deathbed. Deathbed, n. the bed of a dying person, last bed

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Death″bed (?), n. The bed in which a person dies; hence, the closing hours of life of one who dies by sickness or the like; the last sickness. That often-quoted passage from Lord Hervey in which the Queen's deathbed is described. Thackeray.