bedstaves
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
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. [1913 Webster]
Hostess, accommodate us with a bedstaff. --B. Jonson. [1913 Webster]
Say there is no virtue in cudgels and bedstaves. --Brome. [1913 Webster]