Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A vertical post at the corner of a bed.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
bedstaff . - noun A post forming an angle of a bedstead, in old bedsteads often rising high enough to support the canopy and rods for the curtain.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One of the four standards that support a bedstead or the canopy over a bedstead.
- noun Anciently, a post or pin on each side of the bed to keep the clothes from falling off. See
Bedstaff .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Any of the four upright supports of a
bedstead . - noun obsolete A
post orpin on each side of the bed to keep thebedclothes from falling off; abedstaff .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun any of 4 vertical supports at the corners of a bedstead
Etymologies
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Examples
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Hitched to the bedpost was a poor, worn little stocking, arranged with much care so that Santa Claus should have as little trouble in filling it as possible.
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I was torn all month long between not wanting to make the cake and wanting to add another notch to my Daring Baker "bedpost".
Archive 2007-07-01 Sara 2007
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I was torn all month long between not wanting to make the cake and wanting to add another notch to my Daring Baker "bedpost".
Why So Blue? Strawberry (actually blueberry) Mirror Cake Sara 2007
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On the other is the wonky liberal/progressive view, claiming that the fabric of society is merely in flux, is being constantly re-woven, was too stuck in an impossible nuclear family pattern anyway and is now ready to be ripped up and made into a nice summer scarf good for tying your lover to the bedpost and spanking her firmly with the Polyamorist's Guide to Anal Sex and Also Quiltmaking...
Mark Morford: May You Now Live in Sin Forevermore Mark Morford 2011
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On the other is the wonky liberal/progressive view, claiming that the fabric of society is merely in flux, is being constantly re-woven, was too stuck in an impossible nuclear family pattern anyway and is now ready to be ripped up and made into a nice summer scarf good for tying your lover to the bedpost and spanking her firmly with the Polyamorist's Guide to Anal Sex and Also Quiltmaking...
Mark Morford: May You Now Live in Sin Forevermore Mark Morford 2011
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But the flip-side of really caring about women's "honor" and considering notches on the bedpost to be a badge of men's honor is results like those in the most recent Sexual Behavior survey.
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DOES the bubblegum lose it's flavor on the bedpost overnight?
Wicked Faire? pnh 2009
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Fancy had pressed her cheek against the cool brass bedpost, her eyes half closed as if she wished she were still asleep.
Slice Of Cherry Dia Reeves 2011
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Fancy had pressed her cheek against the cool brass bedpost, her eyes half closed as if she wished she were still asleep.
Slice Of Cherry Dia Reeves 2011
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She abandoned the bedpost, sweat beading beneath her pink sleep romper.
Slice Of Cherry Dia Reeves 2011
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