headboard

[ hed-bawrd, -bohrd ]

/ ˈhɛdˌbɔrd, -ˌboʊrd /

a board forming the head of anything, especially of a bed.

Origin of headboard

First recorded in 1720–30; head + board

It was the headboard that had forced her struggle for composure.

Rimrock Trail |J. Allan Dunn
Balloquet jumped out of bed and opened a closet near the headboard, in which I saw a rather large iron chest set into the wall.

Frdrique; vol. 1 |Charles Paul de Kock
It is said he never retired at night without first loading his pistols and swinging them over the headboard of his bed.

The Bay State Monthly, Volume I. No. VI. June, 1884 |Various
A headboard was considered almost indispensable, although it is absent in some cases.

Colonial Homes and Their Furnishings |Mary H. Northend

It always gave small Peter an uncomfortable sensation to trace that name, which was also his own, on his father's headboard.

The Purple Heights |Marie Conway Oemler

headboard

/ (ˈhɛdˌbɔːd) /

a vertical board or terminal at the head of a bed