bedstead

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I must hold my Arm against the Bedstead even to write, so great is the Trembling.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson

A fayre, rich, standing Square Bedstead of carved walnut-tree wood: painted with silver hearts, ragged staves and roses.

From Needlework As Art by Alford, Marianne Margaret Compton Cust, Viscountess

In 1666 Nicholas Upsall, of Boston, left a "Bedstead fitted with a Rope Matt & Curtains to it."

From Customs and Fashions in Old New England by Earle, Alice Morse

Match-Box Bedstead To make a bed, take the inside of a match-box and cut away the bottom of it.

From What Shall We Do Now?: Five Hundred Games and Pastimes by Fisher, Dorothy Canfield

Then he turned to face his visitor, but the Slave of the Royal Bedstead had disappeared.

From American Fairy Tales by Baum, L. Frank (Lyman Frank)