Headstead

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A place for the head, especially somewhere to lay or rest it; a headrest.
  2. 2
    A bolster or cushion for the head.
  3. 3
    The area at the head of the bed; headboard.

    "He lies bundled up now between the quilts and blankets of his four-poster iron bed with its brass roses carved at the headstead."

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"He lies bundled up now between the quilts and blankets of his four-poster iron bed with its brass roses carved at the headstead."

Etymology

From head + stead. Compare Old English hēafodstede (“chief place; high place, sacred place”).

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