Definitions

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  • noun A rail at the head or foot of a bed.

Etymologies

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bed +‎ rail

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Examples

  • After she left, I noticed my one hand was handcuffed to the bedrail.

    Cat People #9: Tales of Manhattan David Woodruff 2011

  • Ridge grabbed the bedrail for support and began inching along it.

    Western Man Janet Dailey 2011

  • Ridge grabbed the bedrail for support and began inching along it.

    Western Man Janet Dailey 2011

  • 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

  • He approaches the bedside, his hand gentle over the bedrail.

    Vivian Rising Daniella Brodsky 2010

  • 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

  • When we had the co-sleeper attached to our bed, it acted as a bedrail.

    Archive 2007-08-01 ScienceWoman 2007

  • When we had the co-sleeper attached to our bed, it acted as a bedrail.

    Mommy Monday: Co-sleeping ScienceWoman 2007

  • She stood at the foot of the bed, one hand curled around the bedrail.

    Her Fearful Symmetry AUDREY NIFFENEGGER 2009

  • 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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