Definition of Bedstaff. Meaning of Bedstaff. Synonyms of Bedstaff

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Definition of Bedstaff

Bedstaff
Bedstaff Bed"staff`, n.; pl. Bedstaves. ``A wooden pin stuck anciently on the sides of the bedstead, to hold the clothes from slipping on either side.' --Johnson. Hostess, accommodate us with a bedstaff. --B. Jonson. Say there is no virtue in cudgels and bedstaves. --Brome.

Meaning of Bedstaff from wikipedia

- is laid over the straw, then the feather-bed, which is smoothed with a bedstaff. — Wright, Lawrence (1962). Warm & Snug:The History of the Bed. Routledge...
- a sign of high status as well as comfort. The bed is equipped with 'bedstaffs', which prevented piled bedclothes from falling off the bed. One of the...