footstool
pronunciation
How to pronounce footstool in British English:
UK [ˈfʊtstu:l]
How to pronounce footstool in American English:
US [ˈfʊtˌstul]
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- Noun:
- a low stool to rest the feet of a seated person
Word Origin
- footstool (n.)
- also foot-stool, 1520s, from foot (n.) + stool. Earlier was fotsceomel, from Old English fotsceamel; for the second element of which see shambles. Figurative sense of "one who is the abject thrall of another" is from 1530s.
Example
- 1. Kjv till I make thine enemies thy footstool .
- 2. Here is thy footstool and there rest thy feet where live the poorest , and lowliest , and lost .
- 3. Until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet .
- 4. Till I make thine enemies thy footstool .
- 5. Till I make your enemies your footstool .