"bed screw" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: bed screws [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} bed screw (plural bed screws)
  1. (nautical) A form of jackscrew for lifting large bodies and assisting in launching.
    Sense id: en-bed_screw-en-noun-wce9p5kh Categories (other): Nautical Topics: nautical, transport
  2. A long screw formerly used to fasten a bedpost to one of the adjacent side pieces.
    Sense id: en-bed_screw-en-noun-iqcLOPtw Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 89 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 6 94 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 95

Inflected forms

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