"headstead" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: headsteads [plural]
Etymology: From head + stead. Compare Old English hēafodstede (“chief place; high place, sacred place”). Etymology templates: {{compound|en|head|stead}} head + stead, {{cog|ang|hēafodstede||chief place; high place, sacred place}} Old English hēafodstede (“chief place; high place, sacred place”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} headstead (plural headsteads)
  1. A place for the head, especially somewhere to lay or rest it; a headrest.
    Sense id: en-headstead-en-noun-KMqQKC0c Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 62 28 10
  2. A bolster or cushion for the head.
    Sense id: en-headstead-en-noun-f8rA2kIR
  3. (of a bed) The area at the head of the bed; headboard.
    Sense id: en-headstead-en-noun-wY0~dbqk
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: head-stead, head stead

Inflected forms

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