footboard
(noun) a vertical board or panel forming the foot of a bedstead
footboard
(noun) a narrow platform on which to stand or brace the feet
Source: WordNet® 3.1
footboard (plural footboards)
An upright board across the foot of a bedstead.
A board or small raised platform on which to support or rest the feet, such as that found in a carriage.
A place to stand on a scooter or skateboard.
• Broadfoot, board foot, board-foot
Source: Wiktionary
Foot"board`, n.
1. A board or narrow platfrom upon which one may stand or brace his feet; as: (a) The platform for the engineer and fireman of a locomotive. (b) The foot-rest of a coachman's box.
2. A board forming the foot of a bedstead.
3. A treadle.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
25 November 2024
(noun) infestation with slender threadlike roundworms (filaria) deposited under the skin by the bite of black fleas; when the eyes are involved it can result in blindness; common in Africa and tropical America
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
