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Date: 1600-1700
Origin: bedstead 'place where a bed stands' (15-17 centuries), from bed + stead 'place' ( STEAD)

bedstead

 noun
     
Related topics: Furniture
bed‧stead [countable]
DHF the wooden or metal frame of a bed
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