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Definition of Bedpost
1. Noun. Any of 4 vertical supports at the corners of a bedstead.
Definition of Bedpost
1. n. One of the four standards that support a bedstead or the canopy over a bedstead.
Definition of Bedpost
1. Noun. Any of the four upright supports of a bedstead. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Bedpost
1. a post of a bed [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bedpost
Literary usage of Bedpost
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Handy-book of Literary Curiosities by William Shepard Walsh (1892)
"with the stones on the outside; and a monstrous animal, as tall as a grenadier,
with the head of a rabbit, a tail as big as a bedpost, hopping along at the ..."
2. Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present: A Dictionary, Historical and by John Stephen Farmer, William Ernest Henley (1891)
"In London I have always heard the four of clubs called the DEVIL'S bedpost, and
also that it is the worst turn-up one could have. DEVIL'S- BON ES, suis. ..."
3. Full Proof of the Ministry: A Sequel to The Boy who was Trained Up to be a by John Nicholas Norton (1855)
"White Hat on the bedpost. — Shadow. — More mournful still. — Clouds and Darkness.
— Asleep in Jesus. THE month of August proved to be one of the hottest and ..."
4. Former Clock & Watchmakers and Their Work: Including an Account of the by Frederick James Britten (1894)
"... lantern," " birdcage," or " bedpost." They were supported on a bracket, FIG.
99.—Lantern clock, 1670. and wound by pulling down the opposite ends of the ..."
5. Letters of Edward FitzGerald by Edward FitzGerald (1894)
"playing on the bedpost.' He never writes Letters or Journals: but I hope People
will be found to remember some of the things he has said as naturally as ..."
6. Wit, Wisdom and Foibles of the Great: Together with Numerous Anecdotes by Charles Anthony Shriner (1918)
"The operation was performed in a bedroom in a hotel in Nashville, where Johnson
boarded, the arm being pulled around a bedpost, and the first bedpost ..."
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