footboard

[ foot-bawrd, -bohrd ]

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.

Origin of footboard

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

Words Nearby footboard

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How to use footboard in a sentence

What did he do then but lean over the footboard and shake me by the heel.
We Ten | Lyda Farrington Kraus
There was a rattle of hoofs against the footboard as Daylight rolled over kicking wildly to get free.
Servants of the Guns | Jeffery E. Jeffery
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
We dived from the footboard of our bed into a surf of pillows.
Hints to Pilgrims | Charles Stephen Brooks
Margaret, hearing the noise, rushed out hatless, and was in time to jump on the footboard.
Howards End | E. M. Forster

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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