headpostn.
/ˈhɛdpəʊst/, U.S. /ˈhɛdˌpoʊst/ 1. Either of the bedposts at the head of a bed.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > bed > parts of bed > [noun] > bedstead > post
bed-post1598
headpost1730
footpost1731
1730 J. Southall Treat. Buggs 40 The Head-posts of the Bedsted are to be no higher than just to support a Wainscot Head-board.
1830 Rep. Trial J. F. Knapp 27 He lay with..his head towards the right head post.
1879 S. H. Butcher & A. Lang tr. Homer Odyssey 382 Beginning from this head-post, I wrought at the bedstead till I had finished it.
1906 G. B. H. Swayze Yarb & Cretine xvii. 135 Two soiled beds..separated by one lonely chair standing between their headposts.
1980 J. Kassay Bk. Shaker Furnit. 3/2 This clear-varnished, maple-and-pine bedstead..is double-tenoned into the headpost.
2000 Globe & Mail (Canada) (Nexis) 15 July r12 Two winged angels..now rest atop the headposts of the Queen Mother's bed at Clarence House.
2. The post nearest to the manger in a stable. Now rare.
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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > [noun] > stabling > stall
horse-bay1582
trevis1756
box1798
trevis board1833
headpost1844
horse-box1846
stallage1861
feeding-box1883
1844 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm I. xvi. 125 The travis-boards..pass between the two divisions of the head-post to the wall before the horses' heads.
1916 Scribner's Mag. Dec. 732/2 Medill's saddle was laid on the ground near the headpost of the two horses.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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