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Definition of Bedspring
1. Noun. (usually plural) one of the springs holding up the mattress of a bed.
Specialized synonyms: Box Spring
Generic synonyms: Spring
Language type: Plural, Plural Form
Definition of Bedspring
1. Noun. A springy surface that supports the mattress of a bed. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Bedspring
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bedspring
Literary usage of Bedspring
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Selected Readings in Public Finance by Charles Jesse Bullock (1906)
"bedspring dealers are as important in the eye of the law as boarding-house keepers.
This enlargement of the scope of the privilege-license system indicates ..."
2. Rose's Notes on the United States Supreme Court Reports (2 Dallas to 241 by Walter Malins Rose, Charles Lawrence Thompson, United States Supreme Court (1919)
"692, 116 CCA 322, D'Arcy patent for spring cushion structure was anticipated by
Crandall patent for bedspring: H. Mueller Mfg. Co. v. ..."
3. A Reference hand-book for nurses by Amanda Kathryn Beck (1908)
"bedspring is soft, a few boards may be placed under it to make it firm. If the
patient is to be delivered in bed, it should be made up as follows : (l) Long ..."
4. Over Periscope Pond: Letters from Two American Girls in Paris, October 1916 by Esther Sayles Root, Marjorie Crocker (1918)
"It was a twisted bedspring. Near by was an opening twenty-five feet square with
dug-outs along the edge, where officers evidently lived. ..."
5. Fire Insurance Inspection & Underwriting by Charles Carroll Dominge, W. O. Lincoln (1920)
"bedspring MANUFACTURING—Metal-working hazard with dip process painting, lacquering
or bronzing. Excelsior is used for packing. A very poor fire record class ..."
6. The Horseless AgeAutomobiles (1900)
"The springs, of the bedspring or hourglass form, have their ends woven into wire
cloth, so that the weight of a passenger is distributed over several ..."
7. Genealogical and Family History of Western New York: A Record of the by William Richard Cutter (1912)
"He began his active career as bookkeeper for the JR Newman bedspring Manufacturing
Company in Jamestown, and after the death of Mr. Newman, in 1888, ..."
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