Hypertext Webster Gateway: "deathbed"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Deathbed \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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
deathbed
n 1: the last few hours before death
2: the bed on which a person dies
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