bedstead

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   the rigid frame that supports a bed, excluding its mattress and bedding

   The antique brass bedstead creaked whenever anyone turned over.

From Middle English bedsted and Old English bedstede, a compound of bed + stead, 'place or position.' It originally meant the place occupied by a bed and then the supporting framework itself. Dutch bedstee, traditionally a built-in cupboard bed, is a cognate.

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