Bedding
['bedɪŋ] or ['bɛdɪŋ]
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bed
(n.) A bed and its furniture; the materials of a bed, whether for man or beast; bedclothes; litter.
(n.) The state or position of beds and layers.
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Examples
- You must have beds and bedding. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- No bed may be without an inexpensive steel spring frame or mattress for the support of the bedding. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Each man carrying a rifle and ammunition, beside bedding and some food and cooking utensils. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- The bedding and clothing of persons suffering with diphtheria, tuberculosis, and other germ diseases should always be boiled and hung to dry in the bright sunlight. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- A little bedding besides their clothing and some food had been thrown into the wagon. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- And nothing for the wounded--no linen, no wine, no bedding? Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- They carried bedding and hammocks, the latter for transporting their sick and wounded. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
Editor: Maggie