noun. The frame supporting a bed.

noun. A frame or framework, more or less elaborate, for supporting a bed: most commonly made of wood, but now often of iron, and sometimes of brass.

noun. A framework for supporting a bed.

noun. The framework that supports a bed.

noun. the framework of a bed

"a night between regulation blankets, on a straw mattress, with rank grass for a bedstead, is as comfortable as the peaceful slumber they enjoy betwixt their own white sheetings."

article of furniture  furniture  piece of furniture  

armchair  armoire  banister  bathtub  bookcase  

bed  charpoy  cot