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- noun A
rail at the head or foot of abed .
Etymologies
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Examples
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After she left, I noticed my one hand was handcuffed to the bedrail.
Cat People #9: Tales of Manhattan David Woodruff 2011
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Ridge grabbed the bedrail for support and began inching along it.
Western Man Janet Dailey 2011
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Ridge grabbed the bedrail for support and began inching along it.
Western Man Janet Dailey 2011
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We rise together—me and Kavia and all those unspeakable images, the click, puff, click, of them trying to rescuscitate Grams with the paddles, the tink of a stethoscope against the bedrail.
Vivian Rising Daniella Brodsky 2010
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He approaches the bedside, his hand gentle over the bedrail.
Vivian Rising Daniella Brodsky 2010
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A few weeks ago, we tried attaching a bedrail to my side of the bed, but it made it too difficult for me to get in and out of bed, especially with Minnow in my arms.
Mommy Monday: Co-sleeping ScienceWoman 2007
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When we had the co-sleeper attached to our bed, it acted as a bedrail.
Archive 2007-08-01 ScienceWoman 2007
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When we had the co-sleeper attached to our bed, it acted as a bedrail.
Mommy Monday: Co-sleeping ScienceWoman 2007
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She stood at the foot of the bed, one hand curled around the bedrail.
Her Fearful Symmetry AUDREY NIFFENEGGER 2009
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A few weeks ago, we tried attaching a bedrail to my side of the bed, but it made it too difficult for me to get in and out of bed, especially with Minnow in my arms.
Archive 2007-08-01 ScienceWoman 2007
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