bed of nails

English

Noun

bed of nails (plural beds of nails)

1. A piece of wood with nails pointing out of it, on which a performer lies as a circus trick.
2. (electronics) A device for testing a chip, consisting of an array of spring-loaded pins.

Translations

a piece of wood with nails pointing out of it, on which a performer lies as a circus trick

• Hungarian: szöges ágy, fakírágy
• Swedish: spikmatta (sv) c

See also

• nailbed