- 1. n. "A wooden pin stuck anciently on the sides of the bedstead, to hold the clothes from slipping on either side." Source: opted
- 2. "A wooden pin stuck anciently on the sides of the bedstead, to hold the clothes from slipping on either side." Johnson. Hostess, accommodate us with a bedstaff. B. Jonson. Say there is no virtue in cudgels and bedstaves. Brome. Source: webster
- 3. "A wooden pin stuck anciently on the sides of the bedstead, tohold the clothes from slipping on either side." Johnson.Hostess, accommodate us with a bedstaff. B. Jonson.Say there is no virtue in cudgels and bedstaves. Brome. Source: adambom
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