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footboard

[ foot-bawrd, -bohrd ]

noun

  1. a board or small platform on which to support the foot or feet. foot.
  2. an upright piece across the foot of a bedstead.
  3. a treadle.


footboard

/ ˈfʊtˌbɔːd /

noun

  1. a treadle or foot-operated lever on a machine
  2. a vertical board at the foot of a bed
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of footboard1

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

What did he do then but lean over the footboard and shake me by the heel.

There was a rattle of hoofs against the footboard as Daylight rolled over kicking wildly to get free.

I closed the door of the compartment I had been in, and stepped along the footboard to the next.

We dived from the footboard of our bed into a surf of pillows.

Margaret, hearing the noise, rushed out hatless, and was in time to jump on the footboard.

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