noun

• (Canada, US) A simple bed, especially one for portable or temporary purposes.
• (UK, Australia, New Zealand) A bed for infants or small children, with high, often slatted, often moveable sides.
• (nautical, historical) A wooden bed frame, slung by its corners from a beam, in which officers slept before the introduction of bunks.
• (archaic) A cottage or small homestead.
• A pen, coop, or similar shelter for small domestic animals, such as sheep or pigeons.
• A small, crudely-formed boat.
• A cover or sheath; a fingerstall.
• (obsolete) A man who does household work normally associated with women.