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tuffet

[ tuhf-it ]

noun

  1. a low stool; footstool.
  2. Dialect. tuft.


tuffet

/ ˈtʌfɪt /

noun

  1. a small mound or low seat
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of tuffet1

First recorded in 1550–55
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Word History and Origins

Origin of tuffet1

C16: alteration of tuft
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Example Sentences

Hey, I’m fine with an ottoman, tuffet or packing crate, too!

I did see that one of the May 7 words had the answer “tuffet,” which was the highest-point word that could be made with the May 5 letters.

She’d told me to pick up a piece of it and sit before her on a pillow tuffet, where I poured my crystal selections into her palms.

Back in the studio, the tuffets had been cleared and replaced with spongy cylinders: equipment for a “foam rolling” class taught by Lauren Roxburgh, a fascia and alignment therapist.

Some looked like a portable tuffet and others resembled upmarket versions of inexpensive nylon shopping bags.

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