bedstead
The framework that supports a bed; the rigid structural components of a bed, excluding the mattress, box spring, etc; bedframe.
Noun
- The framework that supports a bed; the rigid structural components of a bed, excluding the mattress, box spring, etc; bedframe.
- To Benjamin Hinkley, of Utica, N. Y., for improvement in Bedstead Fastenings. Patented Dec. 2, 1846. - 1846, editorial staff, “A LIST OF PATENTS”, in Scientific American, series 1, Volume 2, Issue 13, page 97:
Origin
From Middle English bedsted, bedstede, bedestede, from Old English bedstede (“bedstead”), equivalent to bed + stead. Cognate with Dutch bedstede, bedstee (“closet-bed”).