Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A low bench for several persons sitting in a row to rest their feet upon, as in a church pew or the like.
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Examples
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He looked at his father and mother, they were peacefully sleeping; so also were the grown-up occupants of the neighboring pews; the pew walls were high, the minister seldom glanced to right or left; a thousand good reasons were whispered in his ear by the mischief-finder, and at last he willingly yielded, pulled off his heavy shoes, and softly mounted the foot-bench.
Sabbath in Puritan New England Alice Morse Earle 1881
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In an evil hour, as he sat one Sunday in the corner of his father's pew, his eyes rested on the narrow ledge which formed the top of the long foot-bench.
Sabbath in Puritan New England Alice Morse Earle 1881
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