n. A vertical panel, either plain or upholstered, attached to the head of a bed.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. A board or boarding which marks or forms the head of anything
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. A board forming or placed at the head of anything, as of a cart, a grave, etc.; especially, the board which forms the head of a bedstead.
n. pl. Naut., the berthing or close boarding between the head-rails.
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n. a vertical board or panel forming the head of a bedstead
Word Usage
"Above the headboard is a painting of a dead child (Frida was unable to bear children) and at the foot of the bed a photo assemblage of Stalin, Lenin, Marx, Engels and Mao (both Riveras flirted with communism)."