footboard
- n a narrow platform on which to stand or brace the feet
- n a vertical board or panel forming the foot of a bedstead
- Oldest of the operating unions, organized in Detroit in 1863, it was originally named the Brotherhood of the Footboarda footboard being the catwalk on the front end of a .
- The patient's feet, with heels and toes stretching beyond the mattress, are set squarely against the footboard.
- Their feet, with heels and toes stretching beyond the mattress, were set squarely against the footboard (so that the children could exercise, without effort, the muscular reflexes .