footstall
(ˈfʊtstɔːl)
[f. foot n. + stall n.]
1. The base or pedestal of a pillar, statue, etc.
| 1585 Higgins Nomenclator 203 Stylobata..The foote stal of a piller. 1626 Ainsworth Annot. Pentat. Lev. i. 15 The Priest went up on the footstall (of the Altar). 1635 J. Hayward tr. Biondi's Ban. Virgin 19 His shield..rested on the footestall of the statue. 1886 Willis & Clark Cambridge II. 140 The bases and footstalls shewed that the whole of the piers stood on this lower level. |
2. ‘A woman's stirrup’ (J.).