footboard

noun

foot·​board ˈfu̇t-ˌbȯrd How to pronounce footboard (audio)
1
: a narrow platform on which to stand or brace the feet
2
: a board forming the foot of a bed

Examples of footboard in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The lower portion of the mattress (near the footboard) also offered support and a bit of give to contour around our spine. Mike Richard, Women's Health, 16 Aug. 2023 But the jury is out on how many parents use the front and the back of the crib for a big-kid headboard and footboard into the big-kid years. Rachel Rothman and Jessica Hartshorn, Good Housekeeping, 24 Feb. 2023 Inside the boot there is the company’s J-Flex Flexible Comfort System with a triple-density footboard, and a cushioned insole. Bob Beacham, Field & Stream, 21 June 2023 Mo winds up seated outside the coach, on the footboard, because the driver is equally repelled by the color of his skin. Joe Leydon, Variety, 20 June 2023 Or buy the twin bed conversion kit and the front and back panels become the headboard and footboard of your child's first twin bed. Rachel Rothman and Jessica Hartshorn, Good Housekeeping, 24 Feb. 2023 No Available in three sizes, with and without a footboard, the Webster bed is Serena & Lily's fresh take on bobbin furniture, which was popular throughout much of the 17th century. Jessica Cherner, House Beautiful, 22 Dec. 2022 For all of his epic anti-Catholic rants, Money’s deathbed had the figure of the Virgin Mary at its head and a skeleton carved into its footboard. Patt Morrisoncolumnist, Los Angeles Times, 14 June 2022 The woman lay on her stomach, her wrists bound together behind her back, her legs held in a V by the cords that secured her ankles to either end of the footboard. Kathleen Alcott, Harper’s Magazine , 27 Apr. 2022

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Word History

First Known Use

1598, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of footboard was in 1598

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“Footboard.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/footboard. Accessed 28 Mar. 2024.

Kids Definition

footboard

noun
foot·​board -ˌbō(ə)rd How to pronounce footboard (audio)
-ˌbȯ(ə)rd
: a board forming the foot of a bed
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