footrest
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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
The seat, footrest, and handle are all very compact.
From The Verge ● Jul. 7, 2022
West Virginia Democrat Joe Manchin III used the shelf under his desk as a footrest.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 27, 2020
In the movie’s most ferocious scene, the chair rises up on its footrest and launches an attack, eyes aglow.
From New York Times ● Oct. 28, 2019
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
There are high chairs with built-in footrests, to give a clear view from the back of Victorian balconies where front-row patrons would once have sat directly on a low step.
From New York Times ● Oct. 24, 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
The Motorrad Vision, meanwhile, would have a throttle and footrests like a traditional motorbike.
From The Verge ● Sep. 9, 2021
Moira: Yes, the chairs are super-cushy, and the footrests go up nice and high, so you’re basically watching the movie while comfortably sprawled.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 17, 2019
I lean back in my seat, lift my feet onto the footrests, and fold my hands in my lap.
From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen
