footboard
Origin of 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 KrausThere was a rattle of hoofs against the footboard as Daylight rolled over kicking wildly to get free.
Servants of the Guns | Jeffery E. JefferyI closed the door of the compartment I had been in, and stepped along the footboard to the next.
Dead Man's Love | Tom GallonWe dived from the footboard of our bed into a surf of pillows.
Hints to Pilgrims | Charles Stephen BrooksMargaret, 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
/ (ˈfʊtˌbɔːd) /
a treadle or foot-operated lever on a machine
a vertical board at the foot of a bed
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