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Definition of Box spring
1. Noun. A coiled bedspring in a frame that is covered with cloth.
Definition of Box spring
1. Noun. A box-shaped frame into which is a set of spiral springs, upon which rests a bed mattress. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Box Spring
Literary usage of Box spring
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Special Bulletin by New York (State). Dept. of Labor (1920)
"(a) Any mattress, upholstered box-spring or metal bed-spring which contains only
new material, unless there is attached thereto a white tag specifying (1) ..."
2. The Car-builder's Dictionary: An Illustrated Vocabulary of Terms which by Master Car-Builders' Association, Matthias Nace Forney, Arthur Mellen Wellington, Leander Garey, Calvin A. Smith (1881)
"A ledge or bracket cast on the side of a journal-box of a street-car and on which
a side journal- box spring rests. Spring-stud. ..."
3. The Journal of Home Economics by American Home Economics Association (1915)
"The box spring is made upon another design. This spring is built upon a wooden
frame which rests ... The cost of the box spring varies with the top filling. ..."
4. Car Builders' Cyclopedia of American Practice by American Railway Association, Master Car Builders' Association, Mechanical Division, Association of American Railroads (1881)
"A ledge or bracket cast on the side of a journal-box of a street-car and on which
a side journal- box spring rests. Spring-stud. ..."
5. The Ordnance Manual for the Use of Officers of the United States Army by United States Army. Ordnance Dept (1850)
"36 Groove and tap gauge for lock, tumbler, side, and box spring screws. ...
57 Groove gauge for box spring and catch. 59 Gauge for handle and comb of stock. ..."
6. Special Report by Geological Survey of Alabama, Columbia University, School of Dental and Oral Surgery (1894)
"At the box spring, about five miles east of Tuscaloosa, the railroad cut ...
In the cut nearest the box spring, the irregularity in the bedding and the ..."
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