BED
, of a Great Gun, a plank laid between the cheeks of the carriage, on the middle transum, for the breech of the gun to rest upon.
Bed, or Stool, of a mortar, a thick and strong planking on which a mortar is placed, hollowed a little to receive the breech and trunions.
BED-MOULDING, in Architecture, a term used by workmen for those members in a cornice which are placed below the coronet, or crown. It usually consists of these four members, an ogee, a list, a large boultine, and another list under the coronet.
