A stool, footstool. Chiefly in figurative context.

A low short bench or form upon which to rest the foot, to step or kneel. Chiefly = footstool, n. Sometimes used as a child's seat.

A base or support for the feet, a footstool.

A low stool; a footstool. Now only Scottish and northern dialect. In the 15th cent. described as a three-legged stool, but now denoting in north of…

(a) a cushion for the feet; (b) Entomology a pulvillus; = foot-pad, n.2 1b (now rare).

A stool on which to rest the foot or feet.

More fully cricket stool. A low wooden stool; a footstool.

A footboard.

= footstool, n. 1b. Obsolete. rare.

A thick firm cushion, originally stuffed with rushes or straw, used as a footrest or to kneel upon in church. Cf. kneeler, n. 4.

= cricket, n.2 a low stool (called in Scotl. a crackey-stool).

? A low stool.

Perhaps: hassock or footstool.

In South Asia: a stool; a footstool; a wicker chair.

something used as a support or rest for the foot or feet, esp. when sitting.

a board for the feet to rest upon; also, a board marking the limit of the thrower's run in putting the weight and similar feats.