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footstool en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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• /ˈfʊtˌstuːl/

Etymology

From foot + stool.

Meanings

1. A low stool for supporting the feet while seated.
   • In Christianity, the world is called the footstool of Christ; in this Sumerian vision, the awakened body would be called the bed of the Queen of Heaven. 1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 183:
2. (figuratively) Anything trodden upon or treated as subservient.
   • Thereafter, when I have eaten and drunken and made merry in my royal palace at Carcë, I will sail with my armies over the teeming deep to many-mountained Demonland. And it shall be my footstool, and these other Demons the slaves of me, yea, and the slaves of my slaves. 1922, E[ric] R[ücker] Eddison, The Worm Ouroboros: A Romance, London: Jonathan Cape […], →OCLC, page 21:

Forms

Deriveds

footstooled

Relateds

stepstool

Translations (63)

af voetbankie (a low stool) · eo piedbenketo (a low stool) · tl timbanin (a low stool) · de Schemel (a low stool) · mk ко́клица (a low stool) · got 𐍆𐍉𐍄𐌿𐌱𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌳 (a low stool) · cs podnožka (a low stool) · nn krakk (a low stool) · hu zsámoly (a low stool) · az ayaqaltı kətil (a low stool) · it poggiapiedi (a low stool) · et jalajäri (a low stool) · ca reposapeus (a low stool) · da skammel (a low stool) · ja 足載せ台 (a low stool) · pt escabelo (a low stool) · az ayaq altlığı (a low stool) · es silletín (a low stool) · fi jalkajakkara (a low stool) · fi rahi (a low stool) · es alzapié (a low stool) · is fótskemill (a low stool) · el υποπόδιο (a low stool) · ca escambell (a low stool) · is fótaskemill (a low stool) · sw kibao (a low stool) · es escabel (a low stool) · enm schamel (a low stool) · grc θρῆνυς (a low stool) · nl voetbankje (a low stool) · ang fōtsċamol (a low stool) · af stofie (a low stool) · he הֲדוֹם (a low stool) · id sandaran kaki (a low stool) · de Fußbank (a low stool) · fr repose-pied (a low stool) · eo skabelo (a low stool) · ang sċamol (a low stool) · es taburete (a low stool) · mi tūrangawaewae (a low stool) · es banqueta (a low stool) · yue 腳凳 /脚凳 (a low stool) · sv fotpall (a low stool) · da fodskammel (a low stool) · cmn 腳凳 /脚凳 (a low stool) · ru подста́вка для ног (a low stool) · xcl պատուանդան (a low stool) · de Fußschemel (a low stool) · ru скаме́ечка для ног (a low stool) · mk табуре́тка (a low stool) · cmn 腳台 (a low stool) · la scabellum (a low stool) · is skemill (a low stool) · pl podnóżek (a low stool) · es reposapiés (a low stool) · af skabel (a low stool) · uga 𐎅𐎄𐎎 (a low stool) · af voetstoel (a low stool) · non skemill (a low stool) · grc ὑποπόδιον (a low stool) · grc σφέλας (a low stool) · nb krakk (a low stool) · it sgabello (a low stool)