foot·stool

[foot-stool]
noun
a low stool upon which to rest one's feet when seated.

Origin:
1520–30; foot + stool

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footstool (ˈfʊtˌstuːl) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
a low stool used for supporting or resting the feet of a seated person

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Footstool definition


connected with a throne (2 Chr. 9:18). Jehovah symbolically dwelt in the holy place between the cherubim above the ark of the covenant. The ark was his footstool (1 Chr. 28:2; Ps. 99:5; 132:7). And as heaven is God's throne, so the earth is his footstool (Ps. 110:1; Isa. 66:1; Matt. 5:35).

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Example sentences
Use a footstool or stepladder to reach objects that are stored on shelves.
And all of the forgoing has had the practical impact of a whipped cream pie
  falling face first off a footstool.
Gayle was seated in a rocking chair with footstool for the duration of the
  staff meeting, which she gladly accepted.
Jeremy, for example, once created a corkscrew tail for a pig-shaped footstool.
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