headstead

Etymology

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

noun

A place for the head, especially somewhere to lay or rest it; a headrest.
A bolster or cushion for the head.
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.”