footrest
Americannoun
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footrests
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noun
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You may need to adjust the height of your chair and if, after adjusting, your feet no longer touch the floor, add a footrest or small stool.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 22, 2023
Sure, you can recline the seat or pop up a footrest, but no adjustments you can make will compare to sleeping in a real horizontal bed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 1, 2022
Also consider a footrest to help support your back, a monitor riser or a larger monitor.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 11, 2021
Grid View There are no pedals, but BMW says there will be footrests — though in the photos, the only footrest that anyone is using is a skateboard clipped to the underside of the bike.
From The Verge ● Sep. 3, 2021
When she had done, and smoothed me with sweet oil, she put a tunic and a cloak around me and took me to a silver-studded chair with footrest, all elaborately carven.
From "The Odyssey" by Homer
Perched in a captain’s chair, a padded-leather lounger with two footrests, he spins the Teresa around and drives into the larger vessel’s wake.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 23, 2021
The Motorrad Vision, meanwhile, would have a throttle and footrests like a traditional motorbike.
From The Verge ● Sep. 9, 2021
Before turning a wheelchair over to airport personnel, take off any removable parts such as the seat cushion, removable wheels and footrests.
From New York Times ● Mar. 8, 2019
Each motorcycle had its passenger footrests down in honor of their extra “riders.”
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 10, 2018
I lean back in my seat, lift my feet onto the footrests, and fold my hands in my lap.
From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen
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