Footstool
['fʊtstuːl] or ['fʊt'stʊl]
Definition
(noun.) a low seat or a stool to rest the feet of a seated person.
Checker: Presley--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A low stool to support the feet of one when sitting.
Checker: Marie
Examples
- Sir Percival looked seriously embarrassed and distressed, Mr. Fairlie stretched out his lazy legs on his velvet footstool, and said, Dear Marian! Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- I thank God, that I have beheld his throne, the heavens, and earth, his footstool. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Adele, who appeared to be still under the influence of a most solemnising impression, sat down, without a word, on the footstool I pointed out to her. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- He told her how she would set a footstool beside him, and climb by its aid to his knee. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- She was allowed to slip down from the knee, and taking a footstool, she carried it to a corner where the shade was deep, and there seated herself. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Rosa bends down on the footstool at my Lady's feet. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Facing the fire between the settles, a sofa, a footstool, and a little table, formed a centrepiece devoted to Mrs Boffin. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- The seats had also their stained coverings, and one, which was higher than the rest, was accommodated with a footstool of ivory, curiously carved. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Why, if it ain't your footstool! Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- She went across to him, sat on a footstool, and looked up in his face. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- To each of these chairs was added a footstool, curiously carved and inlaid with ivory, which mark of distinction was peculiar to them. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- There was a red velvet footstool in the best parlour, on which my mother had painted a nosegay. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
Checker: Lyman