Definition of "footrest" [footrest]

• A support on which to rest the feet. (noun)

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• "(Though I think the footrest is a bit too far away, and then I remembered that CLAMP does the character designs so all good, all good.)"
• ":) The big plus to having the desk is that it means I now have a footrest, which is one of the things I've been needing, and having a footrest means my lap is flat enough that Lucy came to sit and help me write yesterday while I was getting the keyboards angled correctly and things."
• "He thought as the older man stepped up onto the footrest of the chair, turned and settled into his arms."