Meanings
plural footstools · alternative foot stool · alternative foot-stool
- A low stool for supporting the feet while seated.
In Christianity, the world is called the footstool of Christ; in this Sumerian vision, the awakened body would be called the bed of the Queen of Heaven.
1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 183 - figurativelyAnything trodden upon or treated as subservient.
Thereafter, when I have eaten and drunken and made merry in my royal palace at Carcë, I will sail with my armies over the teeming deep to many-mountained Demonland. And it shall be my footstool, and these other Demons the slaves of me, yea, and the slaves of my slaves.
1922, E[ric] R[ücker] Eddison, The Worm Ouroboros: A Romance, London: Jonathan Cape […], →OCLC, page 21
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna low seat or a stool to rest the feet of a seated person
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Afrikaans voetstoel, skabel
- voetstoela low stool
- skabela low stool
- voetbankiea low stool
- stofiea low stool
Ancient Greek ὑποπόδιον, σφέλας
- ὑποπόδιον (hupopódion)a low stool
- σφέλας (sphélas)a low stool
- θρῆνυς (thrênus)a low stool
Catalan reposapeus, escambell
- reposapeusa low stool
- escambella low stool
Chinese Cantonese 腳凳 /脚凳
- 腳凳 /脚凳a low stool
Chinese Mandarin 腳台, 腳凳 /脚凳
- 腳台 (jiǎotái)a low stool
- 腳凳 /脚凳 (jiǎodèng)a low stool
Czech podnožka
- podnožkaa low stool
Danish fodskammel, skammel
- fodskammela low stool
- skammela low stool
Dutch voetbankje
- voetbankjea low stool
Esperanto piedbenketo, skabelo
- piedbenketoa low stool
- skabeloa low stool
Estonian jalajäri
- jalajäria low stool
Finnish rahi, jalkajakkara
- rahia low stool
- jalkajakkaraa low stool
French repose-pied
- repose-pieda low stool
German Schemel, Fußbank
- Schemela low stool
- Fußbanka low stool
- Fußschemela low stool
Greek υποπόδιο
- υποπόδιο (ypopódio)a low stool
Hebrew הֲדוֹם
- הֲדוֹם (hadóm)a low stool
Hungarian zsámoly
- zsámolya low stool
Icelandic fótskemill, fótaskemill
- fótskemilla low stool
- fótaskemilla low stool
- skemilla low stool
Indonesian sandaran kaki
- sandaran kakia low stool
Italian sgabello, poggiapiedi
- sgabelloa low stool
- poggiapiedia low stool
Japanese 足載せ台
- 足載せ台 (ashinosedai)a low stool
Latin scabellum
- scabelluma low stool
Māori tūrangawaewae
- tūrangawaewaea low stool
Norwegian Bokmål krakk
- krakka low stool
Polish podnóżek
- podnóżeka low stool
Portuguese escabelo
- escabeloa low stool
Russian скаме́ечка для ног, подста́вка для ног
- скаме́ечка для ног (skaméječka dlja nog)a low stool
- подста́вка для ног (podstávka dlja nog)a low stool
Spanish reposapiés, escabel
- reposapiésa low stool
- escabela low stool
- banquetaa low stool
- silletína low stool
- alzapiéa low stool
- taburetea low stool
Swahili kibao
- kibaoa low stool
Swedish fotpall
- fotpalla low stool
Tagalog timbanin
- timbanina low stool
Cite this entry
footstool. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/footstool
“footstool.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/footstool. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “footstool,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/footstool.
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