joint stool

noun

1. a low wood stool having turned legs with all parts joined by a mortise joint.

Word History and Origins

Origin of joint stool¹

late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50

Example Sentences

Here's a joint stool; sit down and quaff out of Lady Macbeth's gilt goblet.

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A man of business never wants a counter if he can meet with a joint-stool.

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The officious housewife fetched a joint-stool, first clearing it from dust, whilst her husband added a billet to the heap.

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During that term he was to be the property of his master, and as much a commodity of bargain and sale as an ox, or a joint-stool.

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Sir Oliver groped his way to a joint-stool, and sat down upon it, sick and white.

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