bedframe

[ bed-freym ]

noun

1. the frame of a bed, including the bedrails, headboard, and footboard.

Word History and Origins

Origin of bedframe¹

First recorded in 1805–15; bed + frame

Example Sentences

Also, on their honeymoon, Edward breaks the bedframe from the ferocity of boning.

From The Daily Beast

The boots, the heavy, clumsy boots—they clung to the bedframe, with his feet half out of them.

From Project Gutenberg

He lay on a high bed, surrounded by prim white walls, and there was even a chart of some kind at the bottom of the bedframe.

From Project Gutenberg

He pressed the control button on the bedframe that lifted the head of the bed up so that he was in a semi-reclining position.

From Project Gutenberg