bedstead n 1: the framework of a bed [syn: {bedstead}, {bedframe}]
Bedstead \Bed"stead\, n. [Bed + stead a frame.] A framework for supporting a bed. [1913 Webster]
Bedstead used in Deut. 3:11, but elsewhere rendered "couch," "bed." In 2 Kings 1:4; 16:2; Ps. 132:3; Amos 3:12, the divan is meant by this word.