bunk

A sleeping-place in the fore-peak of merchantmen; standing bed-places fixed on the sides between decks.

Bunk
·vi To go to bed in a bunk; — sometimes with in. II. Bunk ·noun One of a series of berths or bed p...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
bunk
1) (Ang. Sax. beuc. Germ. bank. Danish, baenk, a bench, a form.) A wooden case used in country taver...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.