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footrest

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


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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

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

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

And I kept being confused by weird air effects down around my footrest; it seemed like I had dropped something that was twisting around my ankles.

From Seattle Times Jul. 25, 2019

I couldn’t help but notice that she was using Lice Peek- ing’s head as a footrest.

From "Flush" by Carl Hiaasen

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

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

Along the wall Freddie leads me to, there’s a raised wooden chair with footrests where the guy will sit while you shine.

From "X: A Novel" by Ilyasah Shabazz




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