foot stove

noun

A small box, with an iron pan, to hold hot coals for warming the feet.

Meanings

nounfoot stove (plural foot stoves)

plural foot stoves

  1. historicalA small box, with an iron pan, to hold hot coals for warming the feet.

Translations

French chaufferette
  • chaufferettebox for warming the feet
German Feuerkieke
  • Feuerkiekebox for warming the feet
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APA

foot stove. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/foot%20stove

MLA

“foot stove.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/foot%20stove. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “foot stove,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/foot%20stove.

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