footstooln.

Brit.

/ˈfʊtstuːl/, U.S.

/ˈfʊtˌstul/

Forms: see foot n. and stool n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: foot n., stool n.

Etymology: < foot n. + stool n.In sense 1b ultimately after Hebrew hăḏōm raglē, lit. ‘stool of the feet’, and hăḏōm lĕ-raglē, lit. ‘stool for the feet’; compare post-classical Latin scabellum pedum (Vulgate).

a. A stool on which to rest the foot or feet.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > support or rest > [noun] > for feet

shamblec825

stoola1250

benchc1405

buffet1432

foot cushiona1475

footstool1530

cricket1559

grest1563

foot stock1567

hassock1582

cracket1635

crock1709

tuffet1805

mora1818

footrest1833

toe-board1892

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 222/2 Fote stole, marchepied.

1584 Inventory in W. Scott Kenilworth (1831) Note J A square stoole and a foote stoole, of crimson velvet, fringed and garnished suteable.

?1611 G. Chapman tr. Homer Iliads xiv. 201 A footstool for the ease Of thy soft feet.

1652 H. Walker in Clarke Papers (2005) V. 65 The chair..was placed..upon a Turkey carpet with a cushion in it and a footstool before it.

1726 A. Pope tr. Homer Odyssey IV. xvii. 271 With many a footstool thund'ring at thy head.

1785 Gentleman's Mag. Dec. 938/2 This convenience may be easily obtained for the workers of lace,..by having foot-stools on which they may rest their feet when sitting on high seats.

1849 G. P. R. James Woodman I. ii. 13 There she sat with her feet on a footstool.

1911 Irish Monthly 39 90 Lord Burleigh's feet were cushioned upon a comfortable velvet footstool.

1956 Prairie Schooner 30 410 She was sitting in her rocker, her feet on a footstool.

2011 J. Miller Furniture 443 (caption) The footstool echoes the chair's rectangular frame.

b. figurative. A thing or person used as or likened to a footstool, esp. in being under the dominion or subjection of another.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > subjection > [noun] > one subject to authority

underlingc1175

subjectc1330

underloutc1340

undermana1400

ledec1400

undererc1449

subjectary?c1500

footstool1531

suppost1547

ditionary1555

justiciable1595

governeda1599

subsistent1598

subordinate1603

subservient1643

sub1653

subjugate1773

under-sawyer1864

directee1928

the mind > emotion > humility > servility > [noun] > servile person

clienta1393

snivelard1398

a dog for (also to) the bowc1405

fawnerc1440

snivellerc1450

slave1521

footstool1531

minion1560

footman1567

cringer1582

earthworm1583

yea-sayer1584

croucher1587

creeper1589

sneak-up1598

spaniel1598

sneak-cupa1616

servile1632

puppy dog1651

clientelary1655

lackey1692

groveling1708

prostite1721

prostitute1721

toad-eater1742

groveller1779

cringeling1798

creeping Jesusc1818

toady1826

truckler1827

crawler1847

flunkey1854

doormat1861

dog robber1863

heeler1875

slaveling1884

bootlicker1890

fetch-and-carry1905

poodle1907

yes-woman1927

ass-licker1939

ass-kisser1951

chamcha1966

fart-catcher1971

1531 G. Joye tr. Prophete Isaye lxv. sig. P.vi Thus saith y^e lorde, heauen is my seate & y^e erthe is my fote stole [Heb. hăḏōm raglāy].

1535 Bible (Coverdale) Psalms cix. [cx.] 1 Syt thou on my right hande, vntill I make thine enemies thy fotestole [Heb. hăḏōm lĕ-ragleḵā].

1595 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 3 v. vii. 14 Thus haue we..made our footstoole of securitie.

1596 M. Drayton Mortimeriados sig. M3 And when hee sitteth vnder his estate, His foote-stoole danger, and his chayre is hate.

1668 H. More Divine Dialogues (1713) iv. xxvi. 363 The Popes have as well made Foot-balls of the Crowns of Emperours as Foot-stools of their Necks.

1744 J. Ralph in A. Sidney & J. Ralph Of Use & Abuse Parl. I. ii. 329 Could the Parasites of any Court whatever have lick'd the Dust of the Royal Foot-stool with more Servility?

1860 F. W. Farrar Ess. Origin Lang. iv. 86 A nobler destiny than to become the footstool of a few families.

1959 Times 8 Jan. 8/1 It remained to be seen who these men would be who would agree to become Britain's footstool.

2011 F. Logan Remember what I told You 113 (heading) Don't be a footstool for no man.

c. figurative. Chiefly North American. The earth.Originally and frequently with allusion to Isaiah 66:1; cf. quot. 1531 at sense 1b.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the universe > planet > primary planet > earth > [noun]

earthOE

ballc1300

Tellus1567

this earthly round1584

mass1587

underworld1609

footstool1652

terrestrial1745

terra firma1786

Planet Earth1858

terra1947

earthside1958

1652 J. Gaule Πυς-μαντια vii. 77 The creature of Gods Image, although walking here below, upon the foot-stool, is superiour to all those works of his singers.

1701 E. Settle Minerva Triumphans 10 His Great Footstool.., The Fabrick of his Lower World.

1766 N. Appleton Thanksgiving Serm. 19 Reason, religion and speech are the distinguishing glory of man above every creature upon the footstool.

a1817 T. Dwight Trav. New-Eng. & N.-Y. (1822) III. 245 We felt a total superiority to all the humble beings who were creeping on the footstool beneath us.

1859 Congress. Globe 18 Feb. 1122/1 I would give that power [of declaring war] to no President—none that has ever stood upon this footstool.

1891 Boston (Mass.) Jrnl. 12 Sept. 5/1 I found Mauchline to be the most God-forsaken place on the footstool.

1906 N.Y. Globe 20 Feb. 8 This New York of ours, regarded by many the wickedest city on the footstool.

1935 N. Amer. Rev. June 86 There is no such thing anywhere on this footstool as a two.

2010 T. Saint-Gourdine Soul of Jesus in Spirit-filled Believer 73 Tell me where the vilest sinner is to be found that dwells on God's footstool.

2. A low stool used for stepping on when moving from one level to another; something or someone used as a step in this manner. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > [noun] > climbing or scaling > means of

stair13..

footstool1599

leg up1817

1549 W. Thomas Hist. Italie f. 13 Sapor kyng of Persia..vsed hym alwaies for his foote stoole whan he went to horsebacke.

1599 J. Minsheu Percyvall's Dict. Spanish & Eng. A Foot-stoole to lift a woman to horse, vide Andilla.

1642 T. Fuller Holy State v. xv. 418 He..by making a foot-stool of his friends head, climbs up the higher into the Princes favour.

1702 N. Rowe Tamerlane ii. ii. 697 I would have taught thy neck to know my Weight And mounted from that Footstool to my Saddle.

1739 H. Brooke Gustavus Vasa i. ii. 7 Base Fear, the Laziness of Lust, gross Appetites, These are the Ladders, and the groveling Footstool, From whence the Tyrant rises on our Wrongs.

1808 Beau Monde Dec. 257/2 If you know how to look sharp after the main chance, you may find your civic dignity a foot-stool to more solid advantages.

1873 Aldine 6 133/2 The wall was too high to be scaled, and I no longer had my horse to serve me for a footstool.

1931 Scotsman 14 May 8/4 M. Doumer's election continues the precedent whereby the chairmanship of the Senate is looked upon as the footstool to the Presidential chair.

1970 Amer. Jrnl. Nursing 70 788/3 There was a footstool but invariably I had to climb out of bed without it and ‘borrow’ it from a neighbour to climb back in again.

2006 K. Moritsugu Restoration of Emily 227 I have to stand on a footstool..to be able to hold the ruler level.

†3. Apparently: the pedals or footrest of an organ. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > keyboard instrument > organ > [noun] > pedalboard > pedal

footstool1611

pedal1611

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Suppied d'orgues, the footstoole, or pedalls to a paire of Organs.

Derivatives

ˈfootstooled adj. having or provided with a footstool or footstools; (also) used as a footstool.

ΚΠ

1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Odyssey in Iliad & Odyssey II. i. 163 Leading her toward a footstool'd throne.

1884 Presbyterian Rev. 5 147 The raging heathen whom the Lord has held in derision, the footstooled enemies of Israel's King.

1951 Kenyon Rev. 13 632 Her drawing room..was abundantly and even perilously tabled and footstooled.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	footstool
释义	footstooln. Brit. /ˈfʊtstuːl/, U.S. /ˈfʊtˌstul/ Forms: see foot n. and stool n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: foot n., stool n. Etymology: < foot n. + stool n.In sense 1b ultimately after Hebrew hăḏōm raglē, lit. ‘stool of the feet’, and hăḏōm lĕ-raglē, lit. ‘stool for the feet’; compare post-classical Latin scabellum pedum (Vulgate). 1. a. A stool on which to rest the foot or feet. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > support or rest > [noun] > for feet shamblec825 stoola1250 benchc1405 buffet1432 foot cushiona1475 footstool1530 cricket1559 grest1563 foot stock1567 hassock1582 cracket1635 crock1709 tuffet1805 mora1818 footrest1833 toe-board1892 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 222/2 Fote stole, marchepied. 1584 Inventory in W. Scott Kenilworth (1831) Note J A square stoole and a foote stoole, of crimson velvet, fringed and garnished suteable. ?1611 G. Chapman tr. Homer Iliads xiv. 201 A footstool for the ease Of thy soft feet. 1652 H. Walker in Clarke Papers (2005) V. 65 The chair..was placed..upon a Turkey carpet with a cushion in it and a footstool before it. 1726 A. Pope tr. Homer Odyssey IV. xvii. 271 With many a footstool thund'ring at thy head. 1785 Gentleman's Mag. Dec. 938/2 This convenience may be easily obtained for the workers of lace,..by having foot-stools on which they may rest their feet when sitting on high seats. 1849 G. P. R. James Woodman I. ii. 13 There she sat with her feet on a footstool. 1911 Irish Monthly 39 90 Lord Burleigh's feet were cushioned upon a comfortable velvet footstool. 1956 Prairie Schooner 30 410 She was sitting in her rocker, her feet on a footstool. 2011 J. Miller Furniture 443 (caption) The footstool echoes the chair's rectangular frame. b. figurative. A thing or person used as or likened to a footstool, esp. in being under the dominion or subjection of another. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > [noun] > one subject to authority underlingc1175 subjectc1330 underloutc1340 undermana1400 ledec1400 undererc1449 subjectary?c1500 footstool1531 suppost1547 ditionary1555 justiciable1595 governeda1599 subsistent1598 subordinate1603 subservient1643 sub1653 subjugate1773 under-sawyer1864 directee1928 the mind > emotion > humility > servility > [noun] > servile person clienta1393 snivelard1398 a dog for (also to) the bowc1405 fawnerc1440 snivellerc1450 slave1521 footstool1531 minion1560 footman1567 cringer1582 earthworm1583 yea-sayer1584 croucher1587 creeper1589 sneak-up1598 spaniel1598 sneak-cupa1616 servile1632 puppy dog1651 clientelary1655 lackey1692 groveling1708 prostite1721 prostitute1721 toad-eater1742 groveller1779 cringeling1798 creeping Jesusc1818 toady1826 truckler1827 crawler1847 flunkey1854 doormat1861 dog robber1863 heeler1875 slaveling1884 bootlicker1890 fetch-and-carry1905 poodle1907 yes-woman1927 ass-licker1939 ass-kisser1951 chamcha1966 fart-catcher1971 1531 G. Joye tr. Prophete Isaye lxv. sig. P.vi Thus saith y^e lorde, heauen is my seate & y^e erthe is my fote stole [Heb. hăḏōm raglāy]. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Psalms cix. [cx.] 1 Syt thou on my right hande, vntill I make thine enemies thy fotestole [Heb. hăḏōm lĕ-ragleḵā]. 1595 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 3 v. vii. 14 Thus haue we..made our footstoole of securitie. 1596 M. Drayton Mortimeriados sig. M3 And when hee sitteth vnder his estate, His foote-stoole danger, and his chayre is hate. 1668 H. More Divine Dialogues (1713) iv. xxvi. 363 The Popes have as well made Foot-balls of the Crowns of Emperours as Foot-stools of their Necks. 1744 J. Ralph in A. Sidney & J. Ralph Of Use & Abuse Parl. I. ii. 329 Could the Parasites of any Court whatever have lick'd the Dust of the Royal Foot-stool with more Servility? 1860 F. W. Farrar Ess. Origin Lang. iv. 86 A nobler destiny than to become the footstool of a few families. 1959 Times 8 Jan. 8/1 It remained to be seen who these men would be who would agree to become Britain's footstool. 2011 F. Logan Remember what I told You 113 (heading) Don't be a footstool for no man. c. figurative. Chiefly North American. The earth.Originally and frequently with allusion to Isaiah 66:1; cf. quot. 1531 at sense 1b. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > planet > primary planet > earth > [noun] earthOE ballc1300 Tellus1567 this earthly round1584 mass1587 underworld1609 footstool1652 terrestrial1745 terra firma1786 Planet Earth1858 terra1947 earthside1958 1652 J. Gaule Πυς-μαντια vii. 77 The creature of Gods Image, although walking here below, upon the foot-stool, is superiour to all those works of his singers. 1701 E. Settle Minerva Triumphans 10 His Great Footstool.., The Fabrick of his Lower World. 1766 N. Appleton Thanksgiving Serm. 19 Reason, religion and speech are the distinguishing glory of man above every creature upon the footstool. a1817 T. Dwight Trav. New-Eng. & N.-Y. (1822) III. 245 We felt a total superiority to all the humble beings who were creeping on the footstool beneath us. 1859 Congress. Globe 18 Feb. 1122/1 I would give that power [of declaring war] to no President—none that has ever stood upon this footstool. 1891 Boston (Mass.) Jrnl. 12 Sept. 5/1 I found Mauchline to be the most God-forsaken place on the footstool. 1906 N.Y. Globe 20 Feb. 8 This New York of ours, regarded by many the wickedest city on the footstool. 1935 N. Amer. Rev. June 86 There is no such thing anywhere on this footstool as a two. 2010 T. Saint-Gourdine Soul of Jesus in Spirit-filled Believer 73 Tell me where the vilest sinner is to be found that dwells on God's footstool. 2. A low stool used for stepping on when moving from one level to another; something or someone used as a step in this manner. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > [noun] > climbing or scaling > means of stair13.. footstool1599 leg up1817 1549 W. Thomas Hist. Italie f. 13 Sapor kyng of Persia..vsed hym alwaies for his foote stoole whan he went to horsebacke. 1599 J. Minsheu Percyvall's Dict. Spanish & Eng. A Foot-stoole to lift a woman to horse, vide Andilla. 1642 T. Fuller Holy State v. xv. 418 He..by making a foot-stool of his friends head, climbs up the higher into the Princes favour. 1702 N. Rowe Tamerlane ii. ii. 697 I would have taught thy neck to know my Weight And mounted from that Footstool to my Saddle. 1739 H. Brooke Gustavus Vasa i. ii. 7 Base Fear, the Laziness of Lust, gross Appetites, These are the Ladders, and the groveling Footstool, From whence the Tyrant rises on our Wrongs. 1808 Beau Monde Dec. 257/2 If you know how to look sharp after the main chance, you may find your civic dignity a foot-stool to more solid advantages. 1873 Aldine 6 133/2 The wall was too high to be scaled, and I no longer had my horse to serve me for a footstool. 1931 Scotsman 14 May 8/4 M. Doumer's election continues the precedent whereby the chairmanship of the Senate is looked upon as the footstool to the Presidential chair. 1970 Amer. Jrnl. Nursing 70 788/3 There was a footstool but invariably I had to climb out of bed without it and ‘borrow’ it from a neighbour to climb back in again. 2006 K. Moritsugu Restoration of Emily 227 I have to stand on a footstool..to be able to hold the ruler level. †3. Apparently: the pedals or footrest of an organ. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > keyboard instrument > organ > [noun] > pedalboard > pedal footstool1611 pedal1611 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Suppied d'orgues, the footstoole, or pedalls to a paire of Organs. Derivatives ˈfootstooled adj. having or provided with a footstool or footstools; (also) used as a footstool. ΚΠ 1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Odyssey in Iliad & Odyssey II. i. 163 Leading her toward a footstool'd throne. 1884 Presbyterian Rev. 5 147 The raging heathen whom the Lord has held in derision, the footstooled enemies of Israel's King. 1951 Kenyon Rev. 13 632 Her drawing room..was abundantly and even perilously tabled and footstooled. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1530
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