bedstaff

English

Etymology

bed +‎ staff

Noun

The bedstaff is the pole tucked into the sideboards at an angle, in front of the pillows.

bedstaff (plural bedstaffs or bedstaves)

(obsolete) A wooden pin stuck on the sides of a bedstead, to prevent the bedclothes from slipping on either side.
- 1598, Benjamin Jonson [i.e., Ben Jonson], “Euery Man in His Humour. A Comœdie. […]”, in The Workes of Ben Jonson (First Folio), London: […] Will[iam] Stansby, published 1616, OCLC 960101342, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):
  Hostess, accommodate us with a bedstaff.
- c. 1629, Richard Brome, The City Wit
  Say there is no virtue in cudgels and bedstaves.
- 1962, Warm & Snug:The History of the Bed, Routledge & K.Paul, 1962, cited in “Straw mattresses, chaff beds, palliasses, ticks stuffed with leaves”, in Old & Interesting‎, 9 January 2008
  The groom of the wardrobe brings in the loose straw and lays it reverently at the foot of the bed. The gentleman-usher draws back the curtains. Two squires stand by the bedhead and two yeomen of the guard at the foot. One of these, with the help of the yeomen of the chamber, carefully forms the truss, and rolls up and down on it to make it smooth and ensure that no dagger or such are hidden in it....A canvas is laid over the straw, then the feather-bed, which is smoothed with a bedstaff.
- 1998, “Great Bed of Ware”, in V&A Explore The Collections‎ (in English), Victoria and Albert Museum, September 28, 1998
  Wooden poles or 'bed-staves' were used, pushed inside the lower frame, or into holes in the frame, to hold it [the bedding] all on. They are commonly mentioned in connection with beds in 16th and 17th century inventories, but no surviving examples of bedstaves are known to the author in England, although some survive in Sweden.

Synonyms

bedpost

Derived terms

in the twinkling of a bedstaff

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for bedstaff in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)

单词	bedstaff
释义	bedstaff English Etymology bed +‎ staff Noun The bedstaff is the pole tucked into the sideboards at an angle, in front of the pillows. bedstaff (plural bedstaffs or bedstaves) (obsolete) A wooden pin stuck on the sides of a bedstead, to prevent the bedclothes from slipping on either side. 1598, Benjamin Jonson [i.e., Ben Jonson], “Euery Man in His Humour. A Comœdie. […]”, in The Workes of Ben Jonson (First Folio), London: […] Will[iam] Stansby, published 1616, OCLC 960101342, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals): Hostess, accommodate us with a bedstaff. c. 1629, Richard Brome, The City Wit Say there is no virtue in cudgels and bedstaves. 1962, Warm & Snug:The History of the Bed, Routledge & K.Paul, 1962, cited in “Straw mattresses, chaff beds, palliasses, ticks stuffed with leaves”, in Old & Interesting‎, 9 January 2008 The groom of the wardrobe brings in the loose straw and lays it reverently at the foot of the bed. The gentleman-usher draws back the curtains. Two squires stand by the bedhead and two yeomen of the guard at the foot. One of these, with the help of the yeomen of the chamber, carefully forms the truss, and rolls up and down on it to make it smooth and ensure that no dagger or such are hidden in it....A canvas is laid over the straw, then the feather-bed, which is smoothed with a bedstaff. 1998, “Great Bed of Ware”, in V&A Explore The Collections‎ (in English), Victoria and Albert Museum, September 28, 1998 Wooden poles or 'bed-staves' were used, pushed inside the lower frame, or into holes in the frame, to hold it [the bedding] all on. They are commonly mentioned in connection with beds in 16th and 17th century inventories, but no surviving examples of bedstaves are known to the author in England, although some survive in Sweden. Synonyms bedpost Derived terms in the twinkling of a bedstaff Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing. (See the entry for bedstaff in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)
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