footboard

[ foo t-bawrd, -bohrd ]

/ ˈfʊtˌbɔrd, -ˌboʊrd /

noun

a board or small platform on which to support the foot or feet.

an upright piece across the foot of a bedstead.

a treadle.

Nearby words

footage, footbag, football, footballer, footbath, footboard, footboy, footbridge, footcare, footcloth, foote

Origin of footboard

An Americanism dating back to 1755–65; foot + board

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Examples from the Web for footboard

Egholm clambered up on the footboard, and found a pleasant surprise.
Egholm and his God|Johannes Buchholtz
I closed the door of the compartment I had been in, and stepped along the footboard to the next.
Dead Man's Love|Tom Gallon
They had placed Lasse's bed with the footboard under the sloping ceiling; there was just room enough for it.
Pelle the Conqueror, Complete|Martin Anderson Nexo
The doctor brought his hand down on the edge of the footboard of the bed, with a gesture of impatience.
Septimus|William J. Locke

She clutched the footboard and clung to it, trembling and breathless.
The Amazing Inheritance|Frances R. Sterrett

British Dictionary definitions for footboard

footboard

/ (ˈfʊtˌbɔːd) /

noun

a treadle or foot-operated lever on a machine

a vertical board at the foot of a bed

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