Definition of Bedstaves. Meaning of Bedstaves. Synonyms of Bedstaves

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Definition of Bedstaves

Bedstaves
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 Bedstaves from wikipedia

- off the bed, in 16th- and 17th-century England, it was restrained with bedstaves, vertical poles thrust into the frame. A broad step might be placed alongside...