bedding

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. n. Bedclothes.
2. n. Material, especially straw, on which animals sleep.
3. n. A bottom layer; a foundation.
4. n. Geology Stratification of rocks into beds.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. n. The act of placing in a bed; a putting to bed, especially of a newly married couple. See bed, v. t., 4.
2. n. A bed and its furniture; the materials of a bed, whether for man or beast.
3. n. In geology, as used by most geologists, the exact equivalent of stratification, or occurrence in strata or beds. See bed, bedded, and lamination.
4. n. In building, a foundation or bottom layer of any kind.
5. n. The seat in which a steam-boiler rests.

Wiktionary

1. n. The textiles associated with a bed, e.g., sheets, pillowcases, bedspreads, blankets, etc.
2. n. Any material used by or provided to animals to lie on.
3. n. geology a structure occurring in granite and similar massive rocks that allows them to split in well-defined planes horizontally or parallel to the land surface
4. n. horticulture the temporary planting of fast-growing plants into flower beds to create colourful, temporary, seasonal displays, during spring, summer or winter
5. v. present participle of bed.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. n. A bed and its furniture; the materials of a bed, whether for man or beast; bedclothes; litter.
2. n. (Geol.) The state or position of beds and layers.

WordNet 3.0

1. n. material used to provide a bed for animals
2. n. coverings that are used on a bed