Recent Examples on the WebMy dad had rigged a ramp up to a derelict bedstead and boarded over the springs. Jeanette Winterson, The New Yorker, 4 June 2017 In guest rooms, fires and lamplight illuminate upholstered sleigh beds or traditional turned-wood New England bedsteads.Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Oct. 2017 Our room’s vintage iron bedstead was set against walls painted a soft, saturated green. Jackie Burrell, The Mercury News, 25 Feb. 2017 One room boasts crimson walls and a large white wooden bedstead, with pretty floral bedding. Jackie Burrell, The Mercury News, 25 Feb. 2017 The sense of domesticity and its discontent is often present, with a brass bedstead making recurring appearances. Roberta Smith, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2017 Guest bedrooms are furnished with mother-of-pearl wardrobes from Syria and gold bedsteads from Egypt. Lizzie Porter, CNN, 3 July 2017 See More
Word History
Etymology
Middle English bedstede, from bed + stede stead, place — more at stead entry 1