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Footboard - 3 dictionary results

foot⋅board

[foot-bawrd, -bohrd]
–noun
1. a board or small platform on which to support the foot or feet.
2. an upright piece across the foot of a bedstead.
3. a treadle.

Origin:
1755–65, Americanism; foot + board
foot·board   (fŏŏt'bôrd', -bōrd')   
n.  
  1. An upright board across the foot of a bedstead.
  2. A board or small raised platform on which to support or rest the feet, as in a carriage.

Footboard

Foot"board`\, n. 1. A board or narrow platfrom upon which one may stand or brace his feet; as: (a) The platform for the engineer and fireman of a locomotive. (b) The foot-rest of a coachman's box.

2. A board forming the foot of a bedstead.

3. A treadle.
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