A board, platform, or step where you place your feet for support or access, such as on a vehicle, bed, or machine.
Compound of 'foot' and 'board' (Old English 'bord'), describing any board designed as a footrest or platform for feet.
Medieval and Victorian furniture had elaborate footboards as functional and decorative elements—the declining use of footboards on modern beds shows how design changes not from necessity but from shifting ideas about what looks elegant.
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