English Explanatory Dictionary

foldstool

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A folding stool or collapsible seat.
  2. Alternative form of faldstool.

Word forms

foldstool foldstools

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin faldistōlium, from Proto-West Germanic *faldistōl. By surface analysis, fold + stool. Doublet of faldistory, faldstool, and fauteuil.

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