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pedal stools

pedal stools is the plural of pedal stool.

Meaning of pedal stool

Noun (1)

pedal stool (plural pedal stools)

  1. A stool with vertical foot levers that attach to the pedals of a piano, organ, or similar instrument, thereby assisting children and other players who cannot reach the pedals normally.
    • A pedal-stool having an opening in its rear side to clear the piano-pedals.1904, Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office, CXII:ii, page 1,878

Noun (2)

pedal stool

  1. (nonstandard) malapropism of pedestal.
    • ‘I looked up to him, you know. I put him on a pedal stool.’1993, Rory MacLean, Stalin’s Nose, page 210

Questions about pedal stools

What is pedal stools the plural of?
Pedal stools is the plural of pedal stool.

Words near pedal stools in the dictionary

  1. pedal steel guitarist
  2. pedal steel guitarists
  3. pedal steel guitars
  4. pedal steels
  5. pedal stool
  6. pedal stools
  7. pedal stroke
  8. pedal strokes
  9. pedal to the metal
  10. pedal-pusher
  11. pedal-pushers

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