headboard

American  

[hed-bawrd, -bohrd] / ˈhɛdˌbɔrd, -ˌboʊrd /

noun

1. a board forming the head heads of anything, especially of a bed.

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headboard British  

/ ˈhɛdˌbɔːd /

noun

1. a vertical board or terminal at the head of a bed

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Etymology

Origin of headboard

First recorded in 1720–30; head + board

Example Sentences

I throw my pencil down in frustration and lean back so hard against my headboard that it smacks against the wall.

From Literature

His niece, the daughter of Ms Nazarova, was also in the house and had to be rescued by firefighters after a headboard was placed to block her door.

From BBC

“It hung from the ceiling of my restaurant for years. Then it was my headboard and now it’s here.”

From Los Angeles Times

“I actually built her giant butterfly wings last year for my Halloween costume … They are now the headboard to my bed!”

From Los Angeles Times

The task of obtaining a headboard we'd bought on Facebook Marketplace, for example, involved the following:

From Salon