bedrail
a board at the side of a bed connecting the footboard and headboard.
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How to use bedrail in a sentence
Mr. Wicks has ceased to read those magazines his sister sends him; he now stares all day at his white bedrail.
A Diary Without Dates | Enid BagnoldThe cigarette end dropped, the thin pyjama'd figure writhed up and stood clutching at the bedrail.
Five Tales | John GalsworthyHesitating, May clung to the bedrail; but she slipped at last into the sheet.
The Narrow House | Evelyn ScottBut as she paused again her emotion became overwhelming, and she clutched feebly at the bedrail.
Coquette | Frank SwinnertonBut all the evening he was buried in his own silence, and I suppose he was looking at the vision on the bedrail.
A Diary Without Dates | Enid Bagnold
British Dictionary definitions for bedrail
/ (ˈbɛdˌreɪl) /
a rail or board along the side of a bed that connects the headboard with the footboard
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