bedrail

[ bed-reyl ]
/ ˈbɛdˌreɪl /

noun

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

Origin of bedrail

bed + rail1

Words nearby bedrail

bedpost, bedquilt, bedrabble, bedraggle, bedraggled, bedrail, bedrid, bedridden, bedrock, bedroll, bedroom

Example sentences from the Web for bedrail

  • Hesitating, May clung to the bedrail; but she slipped at last into the sheet.

    The Narrow House |Evelyn Scott

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

    Coquette |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.

    A Diary Without Dates |Enid Bagnold

  • The cigarette end dropped, the thin pyjama'd figure writhed up and stood clutching at the bedrail.

    Five Tales |John Galsworthy

British Dictionary definitions for bedrail

bedrail
/ (ˈbɛdˌreɪl) /

noun

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