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Definition of Bedrail
1. a board at the side of a bed [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bedrail
Literary usage of Bedrail
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Writings of Mark Twain [pseud.] by Mark Twain, Charles Dudley Warner (1903)
"In the next room the family lived, the water coming within two inches of the
bedrail. The stove was below water, and the cooking was done on a fire on top ..."
2. A Diary Without Dates by Enid Bagnold (1918)
"Mr. Wicks has ceased to read those magazines his sister sends him; he now stares
all day at his white bedrail. I only pass him on my way to the towel- ..."
3. Memoirs of a Midget by Walter De la Mare (1922)
"When Mrs Bowater brought in my breakfast, she found her invalid sitting up in
Fanny's handsome jacket, and the mat laid over the bedrail for my constant ..."
4. The Writings of Mark Twain by Mark Twain (1903)
"In the next room the family lived, the water coming within two inches of the
bedrail. The stove was below water, and the cooking was done on a fire on top ..."
5. Man is a Spirit: A Collection of Spontaneous Cases of Dream, Vision and Ecstasy by John Arthur Hill (1918)
"... on each step of the stair, and along the landing, and then I saw him go and
stand at the foot of my bed with both hands folded, leaning on the bedrail. ..."
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