Strictly, the place occupied by a bed; but long ago transferred to the wooden or metal stand on which a bed is raised; the framework of a bed.

The framework which supports the bedding of a bed. Obsolete. Cf. bedstead, n.

Earlier name of a bedstead, n., or rather of its front and back parts, between which the cross staves or rungs were laid.

The outer rail of a bedstead; the side of a bed away from the wall; plural a bedstead. Obsolete exc. Scottish (local). Cf. bedstock, n.

the iron framework for a bed (cf. fire iron, n.).