Plural of daybed; couches or beds designed for sitting and lounging during the day that can also serve as beds at night.
Compound of 'day' and 'bed,' from Old English 'daeg' and 'bedd.' The furniture piece became popular in Victorian homes as a multipurpose bedroom or sitting room fixture.
Daybeds perfectly captured Victorian creativity with space—one piece of furniture could be your sofa for tea, a throne for reading, and a bed at night, which was genius in cramped 19th-century apartments.
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