'Footboard' definitions:
Definition of 'footboard'
(from WordNet)
noun
A narrow platform on which to stand or brace the feet
noun
A vertical board or panel forming the foot of a bedstead
Definition of 'Footboard'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A board forming the foot of a bedstead. [1913 Webster]
- 3. A treadle. [1913 Webster]