• Bedstaff

    Origin

    bed + staff

    Full definition of bedstaff

    Noun

    bedstaff

    (plural bedstaffs or bedstaves)
    1. (obsolete) A wooden pin stuck on the sides of a bedstead, to prevent the bedclothes from slipping on either side.
      • Ben JonsonHostess, accommodate us with a bedstaff.
      • BromeSay there is no virtue in cudgels and bedstaves.

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