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bedstaff

noun

Etymology

From bed + staff.

  1. inherited from *stabaz✻
  2. inherited from *stab✻
  3. inherited from stæf — “letter of the alphabet”
  4. inherited from staf
  5. compounded as bedstaff — “bed + staff”

Definitions

  1. bedpost.

    • Hostess, accommodate us with a bedstaff.
    • Say there is no virtue in cudgels and bedstaves.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA