bedrail
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of bedrail
Example Sentences
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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 Rohmer, Sax
With one hand clutching the bedrail, he stood there swaying from side to side, and striving to screw up his courage to the point whereat he might venture upon a second glance in the mirror.
From The Yellow Claw by Rohmer, Sax
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 Black, Robert
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 Bagnold, Enid
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