English Explanatory Dictionary

headstead

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A place for the head, especially somewhere to lay or rest it; a headrest.
  2. A bolster or cushion for the head.
  3. The area at the head of the bed; headboard.

Word forms

headstead headsteads head-stead head stead

Etymology

From head + stead. Compare Old English hēafodstede (“chief place; high place, sacred place”).

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