footwelln.
/ˈfʊtwɛl/, U.S. /ˈfʊtˌwɛl/ A space for the feet in front of a seat in a car or other vehicle.
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1901 Brit. Patent 20,527/1902 1 We construct the main seat and foot well in one firm part.
1931 N.Y. Times 30 Nov. 4/2 Deeper footwells and more resilient springing of seats are also in evidence.
1992 I. Banks Crow Road x. 247 He rolled off the seat into the footwell and immediately started snoring again.
2006 Times (Nexis) 2 Oct. 3 Try telling your flying companion that, because of your long legs, passengers seated next to you must suffer your tendency to colonise their footwells.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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