bedhead /ˈbɛd.hɛd/ noun3 •(UK) A vertical panel or board at the end of a bed where the pillow is placed.[…] upon this he went up stairs in his shirt, and found the boy hanging in his belt to the staple within the bed-head, and no higher than would admit him to be on his knees, having only his shirt on. — 1772 •The end of a bed where the pillow is placed, the head of the bed.She turned off the bed-head light in this tiny, low-ceiled rolling home of hers, raised the curtain and watched the specks of light streak by. — 1940 •(informal) The condition of having unkempt hair, generally as a result of having just woken up from sleep.Hand was looking flustered with me, though he was still only half-awake and his bedhead was ridiculous […] — 2002 formsbedheads
