charpoy

noun

1. (South-Asia)A traditional bedstead used in South Asia, consisting of a wooden frame bordering a set of knotted ropes.

   “Here is a charpoy on which two can sit, and it is possible that there may, from time to time, be food in that platter.”

   “Flory crossed the brick-like earth of the yard between the hospital sheds. All down the wide verandas, on sheetless charpoys, rows of grey-faced men lay silent and moveless.”

   “There, every morning, tens of thousands of young men sit in the tea shops, reading the newspaper, or lie on a charpoy humming a tune, or sit in their rooms talking to a photo of a film actress.”