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footboard

/ˈfʊtbɔː(ɹ)d/

footboard noun: an upright board across the foot of a bedstead.

Noun

footboard (plural footboards)

  1. An upright board across the foot of a bedstead.
  2. A board or small raised platform on which to support or rest the feet, such as that found in a carriage.
  3. A place to stand on a scooter or skateboard.
  4. A board serving as a step on a vehicle.
    • Continuous footboards ran along each side of the narrow body.1941 August, “Notes and News: The First British Sleeping Car”, in Railway Magazine, page 373
    • Several parties of hop-pickers joined the train at the intermediate stations, and the guard performed the acrobatic feat of walking along the footboards of the coaches to examine tickets, while the train was in motion.1947 May and June, “Notes and News: The Kent & East Sussex Railway Today”, in Railway Magazine, page 182

footboard meaning in Tamil, Urdu and Kannada

footboard in Tamil

படிப்பலகை

footboard in Urdu

پائے دان

footboard in Kannada

ಕಾಲೂರೆ

Forms of footboard

pluralfootboards

Origin of footboard

From foot + board. Compare Gothic 𐍆𐍉𐍄𐌿𐌱𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌳 (fōtubaurd).

Questions about footboard

What does footboard mean?
Footboard means an upright board across the foot of a bedstead.
What is footboard in Tamil?
Footboard in Tamil is படிப்பலகை. See Footboard meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is footboard?
Footboard is a noun.
How do you pronounce footboard?
Footboard is pronounced /ˈfʊtbɔː(ɹ)d/.
What is the plural of footboard?
The plural of footboard is footboards.

Words near footboard in the dictionary

  1. footbeds
  2. footbinder
  3. footbinders
  4. footbinding
  5. footbindings
  6. footboard
  7. footboards
  8. footboat
  9. footboats
  10. footbone
  11. footbones

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Adapted from Wiktionary: footboard (page history and authors); footboard (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); footboard (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); footboard (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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