Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
bed-wrench .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun An instrument for tightening the parts of a bedstead.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun An
instrument fortightening the parts of abedstead .
Etymologies
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bed + key
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Examples
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I paused again, though, and instead bent to wind the bedkey, tightening the ropes that supported the mattress until the bedstead groaned and the ropes gave a creaking twang.
A Breath of Snow and Ashes Gabaldon, Diana 2005
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