bedstead
- n the framework of a bed
- The interior walls were of stucco; on the floor were a rust-corroded iron bedstead and a set of ornate, gilded bronze water jars.
- Here lies Gerald, and so does Jessie, cuffed to the bedstead as a mad dog scratches at the door.
- By age 60, his best performances on bandstand and bedstead behind him, he occupies a room in an East Harlem flop mockingly called the Hotel Splendour.