Definition of Headboard

1. Noun. A vertical board or panel forming the head of a bedstead.

Group relationships: Bedframe, Bedstead
Generic synonyms: Panel

Definition of Headboard

1. n. A board or boarding which marks or forms the head of anything; as, the headboard of a bed; the headboard of a grave.

Definition of Headboard

1. Noun. A vertical panel, either plain or upholstered, attached to the head of a bed. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Headboard

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Headboard

headachiest
headachingly
headachy
headage
headages
headake
headband
headbanded
headbands
headbang
headbanged
headbanger
headbangers
headbanging
headbangs
headboard (current term)
headboards
headborough
headboroughs
headcase
headcases
headcheese
headcheeses
headcloth
headcloths
headcollar

Literary usage of Headboard

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The New International Encyclopædia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1902)
"The frame itself was narrow, the footboard was seldom raised, but the headboard commonly projected above the bed. There appears to have been, ..."

2. Naval Electricians' Text Book by William Hannum Grubb Bullard, John Thomas Tompkins, Amon Bronson (1915)
"headboard.—The generator leads are flexible conductors, one leading from each arc to the ... The headboard is fitted with single-pole circuit breakers, ..."

3. Naval Electricians' Text Book by William Hannum Grubb Bullard (1911)
"headboard.—The generator leads are flexible conductors, one leading from each arc to the ... The headboard is fitted with single-pole circuit breakers, ..."

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