Etymology

pedal stool

Today it means: A stool with vertical foot levers that attach to the pedals of a piano, organ, or similar instrument, thereby assisting children and other players who cannot reach the pedals normally. Full definition →

Ask AI about its historyChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

pedal stool · noun1

pedal + stool

pedal stool · noun2

Mishearing owing to homeophony (compare pedestal: pĕʹdəstəl with pedal stool: pĕʹdəl.sto͞ol).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.