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bedstaves

bedstaves is the plural of bedstaff.

Meaning of bedstaff

Noun

bedstaff (plural bedstaffs or bedstaves)

  1. (obsolete) bedpost.
    • Hostess, accommodate us with a bedstaff.1598, Beniamin Ionson [i.e., Ben Jonson], “Euery Man in His Humour. A Comœdie. […]”, in The Workes of Beniamin Ionson (First Folio), London: […] Will[iam] Stansby, published 1616, →OCLC, (please...

Questions about bedstaves

What is bedstaves the plural of?
Bedstaves is the plural of bedstaff.

Words near bedstaves in the dictionary

  1. bedsprings
  2. bedstaff
  3. bedstaffs
  4. bedstand
  5. bedstands
  6. bedstaves
  7. bedstead
  8. bedsteadle
  9. bedsteadles
  10. bedsteads
  11. bedstock

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Adapted from Wiktionary: bedstaves (page history and authors); bedstaff (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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