footstall

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. n. The pedestal, plinth, or base of a pillar, column, or statue.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. n. The stirrup of a woman's saddle.
2. n. [Cf. G. fussgestell, Sw. fotställning.] In architecture, the plinth or base of a pillar: probably a sort of translation of French piédestal, pedestal.

Wiktionary

1. n. The stirrup of a woman's saddle.
2. n. architecture The plinth or base of a pillar.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. n. The stirrup of a woman's saddle.
2. n. (Arch.) The plinth or base of a pillar.

WordNet 3.0

1. n. an architectural support or base (as for a column or statue)