The Collaborative International Dictionary
Bedstaff
Bedstaff \Bed"staff`\, n.; pl. Bedstaves.
``A wooden pin stuck anciently on the sides of the bedstead,
to hold the clothes from slipping on either side.''
--Johnson.
Hostess, accommodate us with a bedstaff.
--B. Jonson.
Say there is no virtue in cudgels and bedstaves.
--Brome.
Wiktionary
bedstaff
n. (context obsolete English) A wooden pin stuck on the sides of a bedstead, to prevent the bedclothes from slipping on either side.