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Webster 1913 Edition

Footstool

Foot′stoolˊ

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Noun.

A low stool to support the feet of one when sitting.

Webster 1828 Edition

Footstool

FOOT'STOOL

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Noun.

A stool for the feet; that which supports the feet of one when sitting.

To make enemies a footstool, is to reduce them to entire subjection. Ps. 110.

Definition 2025

footstool

footstool

English

Noun

footstool ‎(plural footstools)

A low stool for supporting the feet while seated.

See also

stepstool

Translations

a low stool

Afrikaans: voetstoel
Armenian:
Old Armenian: պատուանդան ‎(patuandan)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 腳台, 脚台 ‎(jiǎotái), 腳凳 (zh), 脚凳 (zh) ‎(jiǎodèng)
Dutch: voetbankje n
Esperanto: piedbenketo, skabelo
Estonian: jalajäri
Finnish: rahi (fi), jalkajakkara (fi)
French: repose-pied (fr) m
German: Schemel (de) m, Fußbank (de) f
Greek: υποπόδιο (el) n ‎(ypopódio)
Hebrew: הֲדוֹם (he) m ‎(hadóm)
Hungarian: zsámoly (hu)

Icelandic: fótskemill m, fótaskemill m, skemill (is) m
Indonesian: sandaran kaki
Italian: sgabello (it) m, poggiapiedi m
Japanese: 足載せ台 ‎(あしのせだい, ashinosedai)
Latin: scabellum n
Maori: tūrangawaewae
Norwegian: krakk m
Old Norse: skemill m
Portuguese: escabelo (pt) m
Russian: скаме́ечка для ног f ‎(skaméječka dlja nog), подста́вка для ног f ‎(podstávka dlja nog)
Spanish: reposapiés m, escabel m
Swahili: kibao (sw) class 7/8
Swedish: fotpall (sv) c
Tagalog: timbanin