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bedrail

[ bed-reyl ]

noun

  1. a board at the side of a bed connecting the footboard and headboard.


bedrail

/ ˈɛˌɪ /

noun

  1. a rail or board along the side of a bed that connects the headboard with the footboard
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of bedrail1

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He is then loaded onto an ambulance gurney, his arm cuffed to the bedrail.

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She presses a button on my bedrail.

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Two days after the killings, Ms. Ortega tapped urgently on a hospital bedrail at around 7:30 p.m. to get the attention of a police officer guarding her, the officer, Sgt.

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It may mean that the mattress sits on the floor for a time during the transition or that you find it necessary to buy a bedrail.

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Staphylococcus aureus sits on the doctor’s pager, Corynebacterium striatum lives on the sink faucet, and Enterococcus faecalis hangs out on the bedrail—all threatening the health of patients.

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