Headstead
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Headstead is a noun meaning A place for the head, especially somewhere to lay or rest it; a headrest.
Meaning
A place for the head, especially somewhere to lay or rest it; a headrest.
More Meanings
- A bolster or cushion for the head.
- (of a bed) The area at the head of the bed; headboard.
Example Sentences
Bedsprings creaked and squealed, the posts of the brass-railed headstead hammering rhythmically against the wall [...]
He lies bundled up now between the quilts and blankets of his four-poster iron bed with its brass roses carved at the headstead.
He began to look at his watch now, every few minutes, and Camille was holding his arm with one hand and clutching the brass headstead on the bed with the other, shrieking whenever the pains came, which was most of the time now.
Word Forms
- headsteads
- head-stead
- head stead
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include stead, resting, rest, bedrest, head, seat.
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