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bedstead

English

Etymology

From Middle English bedsted, bedstede, bedestede, from Old English bedstede (“bedstead”), equivalent to bed +? stead. Cognate with Dutch bedstede, bedstee (“closet-bed”).

Noun

bedstead (plural bedsteads)

The framework that supports a bed.

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charpoy

English

Alternative forms

charpai
charpaya

Etymology

From Hindi-Urdu ?????? (c?rp??) / ????????.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /?t???p??/
(US) IPA^(key): /?t???p??/

Noun

charpoy (plural charpoys)

(India) A traditional bedstead in India, consisting of a wooden frame bordering a set of knotted ropes.
- 1888, Rudyard Kipling, ‘To be Filed for Reference’, Plain Tales from the Hills, Folio Society 2004, p. 213:
  Here is a charpoy on which two can sit, and it is possible that there may, from time to time, be food in that platter.
- 2008, Aravind Adiga, The White Tiger, Atlantic 2009, p. 54:
  There, every morning, tens of thousands of young men sit in the tea shops, reading the newspaper, or lie on a charpoy humming a tune, or sit in their rooms talking to a photo of a film actress.

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bedstead

English

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Noun

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charpoy

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