a shallow receptacle containing chemically treated water for disinfecting the feet, as in a shower room or at the entrance to a swimming pool
Word origin
[1590–1600; foot + bath1]This word is first recorded in the period 1590–1600. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: class, dummy, jolt, radius, volunteer
Examples of 'footbath' in a sentence
footbath
That's just the salts in the footbath reacting with the machine's electrodes.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
We were served green tea while soaking our tired feet in a scented footbath.
The Sun (2012)
Try rosemary (to invigorate) and spruce (to energise) in your footbath.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
The pedicurist in the first story is an 'expert listener', someone in whom clients confide over their frothy footbath.