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footrest

[foot-rest] / ˈfʊtˌrɛst /
NOUN
ottoman
Synonyms


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

Grid View There are no pedals, but BMW says there will be footrests — though in the photos, the only footrest that anyone is using is a skateboard clipped to the underside of the bike.

From The Verge Sep. 3, 2021

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

Finn jabbed the shovel into the earth, stamped on the footrest, tossed the dirt over his shoulder, jabbed, stamped, tossed, jabbed, stamped, tossed.

From "Bone Gap" by Laura Ruby

Two years into the work-from-home revolution, there’s more competition than ever on everything from desks to webcams to monitors to footrests, and that gives DeskTubers a new world of gadgets to test.

From The Verge Aug. 3, 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

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

They’re as big as the lounge chairs in the renovated chains, but they don’t recline; they have footrests like barbershop chairs, and you have to sort of climb into them.

From New York Times Jan. 5, 2017

“I’ll just go back,” I say as she raises my footrests.

From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen




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