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headboard en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From head + board.

Meanings

1. A vertical panel, either plain or upholstered, attached to the head of a bed.
2. A panel, usually of metal, attached to the head of a fore-and-aft sail for additional strength.
3. A board on the front of a train, carrying the train's name or that of the service it is on.
   • A new use has been found for the L.M.S.R. observation car which previously worked in the Llandudno area. Mr. W. G. S. Wike writes that, still carrying headboards with the inscription "Llandudno and Blaenau Festiniog", it found its way to the Blackpool District, where it was used for familiarising enginemen with the various routes of access to this populous resort. 1939 June, “What the Railways are Doing: Novel Use of an Observation Car”, in Railway Magazine, page 462:
4. A grave marker made of wood.

Forms

Deriveds

headboardless · headboarded

Relateds

bedhead · footboard · headstone · bedboard

Translations (37)

scn tavacca (vertical panel at the head of a bed) · es cabezal (vertical panel at the head of a bed) · is höfðagafl (vertical panel at the head of a bed) · fi sängyn pääty (vertical panel at the head of a bed) · cs pelest (vertical panel at the head of a bed) · gmq-scy huweðgærðe (vertical panel at the head of a bed) · mi papahamo (vertical panel at the head of a bed) · tr yatak başlığı (vertical panel at the head of a bed) · de Kopfende (vertical panel at the head of a bed) · es cabecera (vertical panel at the head of a bed) · it testata del letto (vertical panel at the head of a bed) · cmn 床頭板 /床头板 (vertical panel at the head of a bed) · it testata (vertical panel at the head of a bed) · es testero (vertical panel at the head of a bed) · cy bord ben (vertical panel at the head of a bed) · it testiera (vertical panel at the head of a bed) · ru пере́дняя спи́нка крова́ти (vertical panel at the head of a bed) · pt cabeceira (vertical panel at the head of a bed) · gmq-scy huweðgærð (vertical panel at the head of a bed) · gl testeira (vertical panel at the head of a bed) · pl wezgłowie (vertical panel at the head of a bed) · da hovedgærde (vertical panel at the head of a bed) · fr tête de lit (vertical panel at the head of a bed) · hu fejtámla (vertical panel at the head of a bed) · gl cabeceira (vertical panel at the head of a bed) · gl testeiro (vertical panel at the head of a bed) · de Kopfbrett (vertical panel at the head of a bed) · ca capçal (vertical panel at the head of a bed) · izh päävitsa (vertical panel at the head of a bed) · de Kopfteil (vertical panel at the head of a bed) · it testiera del letto (vertical panel at the head of a bed) · scn tavarca (vertical panel at the head of a bed) · fi toppilevy (panel at the head of a sail) · eu oheburu (vertical panel at the head of a bed) · es cabecero (vertical panel at the head of a bed) · sk peľasť (vertical panel at the head of a bed) · pl płytka fałowa (panel at the head of a sail)