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Webster 1913 Edition


Bedpost

Bed′postˊ

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Noun.
1.
One of the four standards that support a bedstead or the canopy over a bedstead.
2.
Anciently, a post or pin on each side of the bed to keep the clothes from falling off. See
Bedstaff
.
Brewer.

Webster 1828 Edition


Bedpost

BED'POST

,
Noun.
[bed and post.] The post of a bedstead.

Definition 2024


bedpost

bedpost

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Noun

bedpost (plural bedposts)

  1. Any of the four upright supports of a bedstead.
  2. (obsolete) A post or pin on each side of the bed to keep the bedclothes from falling off; a bedstaff.
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