foldstool

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin faldistōlium, from Proto-West Germanic *faldistōl. By surface analysis, fold +‎ stool. See also faldstool.

Noun

foldstool (plural foldstools)

1. A folding stool or collapsible seat.
   • 1978, Hardware Retailing - Volume 134, page 105:

     Handibasket with foldstool

   • 2004, Maj Gen D. K. Palit, Musings & Memories, page 196:

     I dropped a small wicker foldstool that I always carried as part of my camp-kit on the side of the road to mark the spot and told the driver to back down the road, guiding him with my torch – till we found a convenient place to turn the vehicle around.

   • 2020, Francis Marion Crawford, Arethusa:

     Yulia had pushed forward a large foldstool, and Zoë motioned to her and her companion to sit down in a corner.

2. Alternative form of faldstool
   • 1853, James Grant, Memoirs of James, Marquis of Montrose, K.G. Captain General of Scotland, page 29:

     From the vast multitude who crowded the venerable aisles of St. Giles church, there rose a deafening shout of rage; and Jenny Geddes, the keeper of a greenstall, at the Tronbeam — one whose name has been embalmed, like another St. Helen, in the annals of Presbytery — hurled her foldstool at the Dean's head, exclaiming — “False thief! darest thou say the mass at my lug?"

   • 2009, Elizabeth Chadwick ·, A Place Beyond Courage:

     He kicked a leather foldstool out of his way and threw himself down in his barrel chair, breathing hard.