Definition of "deathbed"

deathbed

/ˈdɛθˌbɛd/

noun
plural deathbeds
1. The bed on which someone dies.
  Quotations
  He was once on his way to an old woman, who was on her death-bed and who had led a wicked life.
  1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 254
2. The last hours before death.