footlocker

American  

[foot-lok-er] / ˈfʊtˌlɒk ər /

noun

1. a small trunk designed to be kept at the foot of a bed, especially to contain a soldier's personal effects.

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Etymology

Origin of footlocker

An Americanism dating back to 1940–45; foot + locker

Example Sentences

“I was basically told that everything I believed was rubbish, and that I should be ripping up bits of cardboard and locking myself in footlockers overnight and bending every rule.”

From New York Times

He wrote his own jokes and carried 15 footlockers of props.

From New York Times

The unarmed campus cop on guard duty when Whitman drove on campus could have checked his claim that the footlocker in his back seat contained equipment for the science building.

From Washington Post

They sat on banquettes around the walls and used footlockers beneath them.

From Golf Digest

Ann’s luggage—a small footlocker and a shopping bag filled with Lydia’s things—fit easily into the cab’s trunk.

From Literature