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footwarmer

footwarmer noun: something used to keep the feet warm, especially during a journey.

footwarmer: something used to keep the feet warm, especially during a journey
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Noun

footwarmer (plural footwarmers)

  1. Something used to keep the feet warm, especially during a journey.
    • Sturrock records that he found hot-water footwarmers in use on the Northern Railway of France in about 1857, and that he was so impressed with the extra comfort obtained from this simple device that he obtained permission from the French authorities to bring one to England. A dozen similar, but...1948 January and February, “Memoirs of Archibald Sturrock”, in Railway Magazine, page 47
    • There was no steam heating, but footwarmers were provided in winter to alleviate the long and rigorous journey to Burtonport.1953 October, H. C. Casserley, “Closure of the Londonderry & Lough Swilly Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 705
    Synonyms:
    foot heater

Examples of footwarmer in a sentence

  • A dozen similar, but smaller footwarmers were made at Doncaster, without official sanction, and placed in the coaches of a train conveying some of the directors to London.1948 January and February, “Memoirs of Archibald Sturrock”, in Railway Magazine, page 47:
  • stoves warmed and clarified the air, and there were always hotwater bottles and footwarmers for cold nights.2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, page 357:

Synonyms of footwarmer

Forms of footwarmer

pluralfootwarmers

Origin of footwarmer

From foot + warmer.

Questions about footwarmer

What does footwarmer mean?
Footwarmer means something used to keep the feet warm, especially during a journey.
How do you use footwarmer in a sentence?
A dozen similar, but smaller footwarmers were made at Doncaster, without official sanction, and placed in the coaches of a train conveying some of the directors to London.
What part of speech is footwarmer?
Footwarmer is a noun.
What is the plural of footwarmer?
The plural of footwarmer is footwarmers.

Words near footwarmer in the dictionary

  1. footwalk
  2. footwalks
  3. footwall
  4. footwalls
  5. footward
  6. footwarmer
  7. footwarmers
  8. footwashing
  9. footway
  10. footways
  11. footwear

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