bedstead
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of bedstead
First recorded in 1400–50, bedstead is from the late Middle English word bedstede. See bed, stead
Example Sentences
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In Herman and Lizzie’s bedroom, on either side of the bedstead, there are two panelled doors, which lead to three tiny rooms.
From The New Yorker • Jul. 22, 2019
“I was not born in a hospital but on a creaking bedstead in my grandparents’ house,” he wrote in his 2004 autobiography, “Ojibwa Warrior.”
From Reuters • Oct. 30, 2017
Experts at Mount Vernon have added reproduction French wallpaper, cream-painted woodwork and a bedstead draped in blue printed cotton.
From Washington Post • Sep. 29, 2017
“Basically everything’s for sale,” with a few exceptions, like a sharkskin bedstead, Dr. Kelly said during a recent tour.
From New York Times • Jun. 6, 2013
Even then we could hardly do it so that the only way was to rap on the bedstead.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
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