bedside

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   space by the side of a bed, especially the bed of a sick or dying person

   The doctor stood at their bedside.

2. 2
   noun

   A position at the side of one's bed.

3. 3
   noun

   Any of the side panels of the bed of a truck.

Etymology

From Middle English bedsyde, bedde syde (also as beddes side, beddes syde), equivalent to bed + -side. Compare German Bettseite (“bedside”).