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bedcord en · NOUN

Etymology

From bed + cord.

Meanings

1. A cord or rope interwoven into a bedstead as support for a rope bed.
   • On this floor is spread in places matting made of bamboo grass. On this matting many of the natives throw down a cotton blanket, or possibly a thin mattress, for beds. Some have a rude bed made of four posts sixteen inches high with crossheads and side pieces pinned together and then cris-crossed with bed cords. 1912, James Hudson Maurer, The Far East:

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