headboard

English

headboard

Etymology

head +‎ board

Noun

headboard (plural headboards)

1. A vertical panel, either plain or upholstered, attached to the head of a bed.
2. (nautical) A panel, usually of metal, attached to the head of a fore-and-aft sail for additional strength.

Related terms

• footboard
• bedhead

Translations

vertical panel at the head of a bed

• Basque: oheburu
• Catalan: capçal m
• Danish: hovedgærde n
• Finnish: sängyn pääty
• French: tête de lit f
• Galician: testeiro m, testeira f, cabeceira f
• Italian: testiera del letto f
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• Polish: wezgłowie (pl) n
• Portuguese: cabeceira (pt) f
• Scanian: huweðgærð n, huweðgærðe n
• Sicilian: tavarca f, tavacca f
• Spanish: cabecero (es) m, cabecera (es) f
• Welsh: bord ben f
• Westrobothnian:

panel at the head of a sail

• Finnish: toppilevy
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Anagrams

• Broadhead, broadhead