the.com/bunk bed
Childhood's first lesson in real estate: top bunk is a privilege, bottom bunk is a ceiling.
means A space-saving sleeping arrangement where one bed frame is stacked directly above another.
from 'Bunk' traces to 'bunker,' a word for a storage bin or boxed-in seating, likely from Scandinavian roots related to planking or storage chests aboard ships. Sailors slept in built-in wooden berths to save space below deck, and that maritime economy of space is exactly what got borrowed into bedrooms once 'bunk bed' appeared as a compound term, letting households stack children the way ships stacked sailors.
- origin
- naval ships used stacked berths to save space
- name
- from bunk meaning built-in shelf or berth
- sibling politics
- top bunk typically goes to the older kid
- safety rule
- not recommended for children under six