footboard Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a narrow platform on which to stand or brace the feet
  2. noun a vertical board or panel forming the foot of a bedstead

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Foot"board` noun
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913