HEADBOARD

headboard

(noun) a vertical board or panel forming the head of a bedstead

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

headboard (plural headboards)

A vertical panel, either plain or upholstered, attached to the head of a bed.

(nautical) A panel, usually of metal, attached to the head of a fore-and-aft sail for additional strength.

(rail) A board on the front of a train, carrying the train's name or that of the service it is on.

A grave marker made of wood.

Anagrams

• Broadhead, broadhead

Source: Wiktionary


Head"board`, n.

Definition: A board or boarding which marks or forms the head of anything; as, the headboard of a bed; the headboard of a grave.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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