headboard

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

A vertical panel, either plain or upholstered, attached to the head of a bed.
A panel, usually of metal, attached to the head of a fore-and-aft sail for additional strength.
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.

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headboard headboards

From head + board.

footboard bedhead bedboard headstone

headboarded

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