bedstaff Meaning, Definition & Usage

Bed"staff` noun

Wordforms

plural Bedstaves

Definitions

1. "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.