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footstool

[foot-stool] / ˈfʊtˌstul /
NOUN
footrest
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If you’re in an exit row, you might also have enough space to place a small inflatable footstool like the one from Sunany available on Amazon.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 23, 2025

Lanoba’s first sale was a footstool to a psychologist in Manhattan, which Balderskilde delivered to the buyer’s office.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 3, 2023

Tony Sinden of Fife in Scotland ordered a corner suite and a footstool from Sofology at the beginning of October, for £2,898.

From BBC • Dec. 29, 2021

A mismatched loveseat and footstool, brought back to life in vintage deadstock fabric.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 3, 2021

She sat on a footstool with folded hands before the oversized portrait of her late husband, Lord Edward Ashton, which hung in a row with all the other ancestral portraits that lined the wall.

From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood