A footboard mirrors the design on a smaller scale.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Magic Engineer]

'E thumped upon the footboard an' 'e lumbered on again.    From Wordnik.com.  [Poems of To-Day: an Anthology] Reference

Natalie gripped the footboard of the bed to support herself.    From Wordnik.com.  [Baby Magic]

Steve turned and patted the footboard with a proprietary hand.    From Wordnik.com.  [Then I'll Come Back to You] Reference

I got on the footboard and looked into the open door of one car.    From Wordnik.com.  [The New York Times Current History of the European War, Vol 1, Issue 4, January 23, 1915] Reference

His hands were folded around the 'iron railing of the footboard.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fat Tuesday]

The towel and damp clothes he smoothes out across the footboard.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Towers of the Sunset]

She got out of her bed and climbed onto the footboard of theirs.    From Wordnik.com.  [AGoodManIsHardToFindAndOtherStories]

“Home, off!” shouted Petrushka, climbing on to the footboard.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Double] Reference

He stepped around the footboard and moved to the side of the bed.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fat Tuesday]

I felt the mahogany footboard cool and slick with wax under my fingers.    From Wordnik.com.  [Beacon Street Mourning]

So he slipped from his seat to the footboard below, and ducked his head.    From Wordnik.com.  [Short Stories for English Courses] Reference

Later the coachman desired his seat and asked him to sit on the footboard.    From Wordnik.com.  [Introduction to Non-Violence] Reference

I am on the footboard of my cart in the market-place, on a Saturday night.    From Wordnik.com.  [Doctor Marigold] Reference

Louis staggered, gripped the metal footboard of a bed to keep from falling.    From Wordnik.com.  [Prayers To Broken Stones]

The carved footboard of the bed on which I was lying was not new to my sight.    From Wordnik.com.  [Strange Visitors] Reference

She liked driving out in her carriage with grooms in livery on the footboard.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Inn] Reference

They can be found on the inside of the bottom rail of the headboard or footboard.    From Wordnik.com.  [320,000 Jardine cribs recalled because slats and spindles can break] Reference

An extra blanket over the footboard, in our changeful climate, is a wise measure.    From Wordnik.com.  [Minnesota; Its Character and Climate Likewise Sketches of Other Resorts Favorable to Invalids; Together With Copious Notes on Health; Also Hints to Tourists and Emigrants.] Reference

Guy stopped by the side of the bed and propped the crutches against the footboard.    From Wordnik.com.  [Annie, Get Your Guy & Messing Around With Max]

He was assaulted when he refused to sit on the footboard of a carriage on his way to.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

Leave at least 9 inches between the bed rail and the footboard and headboard of the bed.    From Wordnik.com.  [Safety bed rails for toddlers and young children] Reference

When I woke that morning, the monkey was sitting on the footboard of my bed, looking at me.    From Wordnik.com.  [Anting-Anting Stories And other Strange Tales of the Filipinos] Reference

The clothes on the footboard remind him of his garb, and he rises and touches the garments.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Towers of the Sunset]

When he stepped upon the footboard, he put his hat away with his clothes, and there it stayed.    From Wordnik.com.  [Danger Signals Remarkable, Exciting and Unique Examples of the Bravery, Daring and Stoicism in the Midst of Danger of Train Dispatchers and Railroad Engineers] Reference

Look for the numbers on a label on the inside of the bottom rail of the headboard or footboard.    From Wordnik.com.  [Jardine expands crib recall a second time] Reference

He screws the lid down and presently makes his way along the footboard to the next compartment.    From Wordnik.com.  [Golden Stories A Selection of the Best Fiction by the Foremost Writers] Reference

My first reaction to a 42-inch TV that emerges from a footboard in the bed and swivels was "Cool!".    From Wordnik.com.  [Mr. Mogul's Dream House] Reference

Suddenly he remembered the cane that his chum had leaned against the footboard a few hours earlier.    From Wordnik.com.  [Baseball Joe Around the World Pitching on a Grand Tour] Reference

Then in a moment the two slipped out of the open door of the carriage on to the footboard and disappeared.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Queen's Error] Reference

You pull the top sheet across and tuck it into the footboard and think to yourself: what if he doesn't come home?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Upstairs] Reference

She made many attempts to persuade the lame footman to stand on the footboard behind, but she never could manage it.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Doll and Her Friends or Memoirs of the Lady Seraphina] Reference

A quavering male voice -- that of the guard -- came down through the space between the platform and the footboard of the train.    From Wordnik.com.  [Colorado Jim] Reference

The footboard was low, and Lina insisted on showing the small double locks that joined the side pieces to the head and foot boards.    From Wordnik.com.  [Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 2] Reference