deathbed Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the last few hours before death
  2. noun the bed on which a person dies

WordNet

Death"bed noun
Definitions
  1. 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.

Webster 1913