box spring


noun

an upholstered bedspring composed of a number of helical springs, each in a cylindrical cloth pocket.

Origin of box spring

First recorded in 1890–95

Example sentences from the Web for box spring

  • That box-spring with the mattress on the bed was made to order of the best material I could buy.

    Polly in New York |Lillian Elizabeth Roy

British Dictionary definitions for box spring

box spring

noun

a coiled spring contained in a boxlike frame, used as base for mattresses, chairs, etc