bedrail

American

[bed-rayl] / ˈbɛdˌreɪl /

noun

a board at the side of a bed connecting the footboard and headboard.

bedrail British

/ ˈbɛdˌreɪl /

noun

a rail or board along the side of a bed that connects the headboard with the footboard

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Etymology

Origin of bedrail

bed + rail ¹

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bedrail

I braced my foot on the bedrail and it twitched like a horse’s flank.

From Salon ● Sep. 8, 2013

Gentlemen maybe you'll conclude I went mad last night, but as I stood holding on to the bedrail I heard the blood throbbing through my arteries with a noise like a screw-propeller.

From The Insidious Dr. Fu Manchu by Sax Rohmer

The king alone was seated, all the others remained standing, the chancellor leaned against the bedrail, and M. de Lionne upon the edge of the chimney-piece.

From A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 5 by Robert Black

But as she paused again her emotion became overwhelming, and she clutched feebly at the bedrail.

From Coquette by Frank Swinnerton

But all the evening he was buried in his own silence, and I suppose he was looking at the vision on the bedrail.

From A Diary Without Dates by Enid Bagnold

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