bedknob

Etymology

From bed + knob.

bedknob means an ornamental knob at the top of a bedpost. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 82 out of 100.

noun

An ornamental knob at the top of a bedpost.“She had a plastic bag hanging from a bedknob; she'd hawk up and spit the phlegm into it between decades of the rosary.”