单词 | foot bench |
释义 | > as lemmasfoot bench foot bench n. (a) a bench on which to stand or rest the feet; †(b) a raised step behind a rampart; cf. banquette n., foot bank n. (obsolete). ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > earthwork or rampart > [noun] > parapet > firing platform foot bench?1575 foot bank1618 banquette1629 step1672 tread1834 firing step1899 fire-step1915 ?1575 tr. H. Niclaes Epistolæ v. ii. 72 Neither do any of all those likewyse, which iustifye or account themselues faythfull, com to be Foote-bench vnder thy Feete. 1629 tr. S. Pelegromius Descr. S'hertogenbosh 19 Trenches with double bankets or feet benches. 1766 T. H. Croker et al. Compl. Dict. Arts & Sci. III. at Tobacco D, D (fig. 2, and 3) are the foot benchs on which the workman stand. 1857 N. Porter Half-cent. Disc. 50 The sides [of the pews] were so high that we children, who generally sat on the foot-benches in the middle, were in little danger of having our attention distracted by observation of what was going on in the outside world. 1996 B. Krahn Unlikely Angel xiv. 257 He steered her into a guest room, guided her onto a footbench at the end of a fourposter, and knelt before her on the rug. < as lemmas |
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