bedrail

English

Etymology

From bed +‎ rail.

Noun

bedrail (plural bedrails)

1. A rail at the head, foot, or side of a bed.
   • 2008 May 26, “Deadly Infections”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     As long as surfaces in hospitals are contaminated with drug-resistant bacteria, doctors’ and nurses’ hands become recontaminated seconds after washing and gloving, as soon as they pull open a privacy curtain to see the next patient or touch a bedrail.

Anagrams

• brailed, driable, railbed, ridable