footholder

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Etymology

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From foot +‎ holder.

Noun

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footholder (plural footholders)

  1. (mythology) In Welsh mythology, a virgin maiden tasked with holding a warrior's feet in her lap.
    • 2018, Robin Chapman Stacey, Law and the Imagination in Medieval Wales, page 146:
      One particularly difficult figure is the king's footholder, the problems with which have already been clearly delineated by McKenna.
    • Antón Bousquet, The World of the Gauls: Foundation(s) of a Celtic Philosophy (page 253)
      After the rape of his “footholder,” the king tries to find another maiden who could be used for this purpose.