Bedpost

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  • noun. A vertical post at the corner of a bed.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • 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.
    • 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.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. Any of the four upright supports of a bedstead.
  • noun. A post or pin on each side of the bed to keep the bedclothes from falling off; a bedstaff.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. any of 4 vertical supports at the corners of a bedstead
    • Word Usage
    "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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    support  
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    bedstaff  
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