/deth"bed'/ , n.
1. the bed on which a person dies: The museum contains Lincoln's deathbed.
2. on one's deathbed , in the last few hours before death.
adj.
3. of, pertaining to, said, or done during the last few hours of a person's life: a deathbed confession.
[ 1350-1400; ME deethbed. See DEATH, BED ]