What does the word footstool mean?

Usage examples for footstool

  1. Whenever I look at that dear thing he's married, I feel there's no trusting Providence, who seems to make the deserving a footstool for the undeserving. – The Weavers, Complete by Gilbert Parker Last Updated: March 14, 2009
  2. He glanced down at the Quaker clothes he wore, and made a gesture towards the broadbrimmed hat reposing on a footstool near by. – The Weavers, Complete by Gilbert Parker Last Updated: March 14, 2009
  3. Mr. Strong rose from his footstool and took up a station between the tea- table and the asbestos log. – A Crooked Mile by Oliver Onions
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