foot rail

American  

noun

Furniture.

1. a stretcher connecting the legs of a piece of furniture, as a chair or table, upon which the feet may be rested.

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Etymology

Origin of foot rail

First recorded in 1865–70

Example Sentences

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foot rail

But at several new restaurants, the richly glowing golden metal is on the surface of the bar, not just the foot rail.

From New York Times ● Mar. 26, 2018

The foot board is new, but Shaut measured the height and depth of the foot rail at McKeever’s so it could be replicated and regulars would feel right at home.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 3, 2016

It had one of those broad trough sprinkler sinks, where you step on a foot rail and an arc of sprinkler jets turns on.

From Scientific American ● Jul. 25, 2012

Glenn made it in 51 weeks by foot, rail and Land-Rover.

From Time Magazine Archive

"This is traveling de luxe" said I, stretching out my stockinged feet on the foot rail, and wiggling my cramped toes.

From The Camp Fire Girls Go Motoring Or, Along the Road That Leads the Way by Frey, Hildegard G. (Hildegard Gertrude)