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footrest

[foot-rest] / ˈfʊtˌrɛst /
NOUN
ottoman
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NOUN
stool
Synonyms


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You may need to adjust the height of your chair and if, after adjusting, your feet no longer touch the floor, add a footrest or small stool.

From Seattle Times Dec. 22, 2023

Sure, you can recline the seat or pop up a footrest, but no adjustments you can make will compare to sleeping in a real horizontal bed.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 1, 2022

Also consider a footrest to help support your back, a monitor riser or a larger monitor.

From Washington Post Nov. 11, 2021

A year later, I still have my pile of library books, tucked in a box that I use as a footrest at my desk.

From The Verge Mar. 11, 2021

The artisan Ikmalios had made it, long before, with a footrest in a single piece, and soft upon the seat a heavy fleece was thrown.

From "The Odyssey" by Homer

All of Cake’s vehicles come with throttles and footrests, not pedals.

From The Verge May 17, 2022

Perched in a captain’s chair, a padded-leather lounger with two footrests, he spins the Teresa around and drives into the larger vessel’s wake.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 23, 2021

Before turning a wheelchair over to airport personnel, take off any removable parts such as the seat cushion, removable wheels and footrests.

From New York Times Mar. 8, 2019

Each motorcycle had its passenger footrests down in honor of their extra “riders.”

From Seattle Times Apr. 10, 2018

It was large enough for Bri to sit on comfortably and it had footrests so she could shift her weight around during the long trip to Port Authority.

From "The Dead and the Gone" by Susan Beth Pfeffer




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