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Webster 1913 Edition


Footboard

Foot′boardˊ

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Noun.
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.
2.
A board forming the foot of a bedstead.
3.
A treadle.