stools

Noun

stool (countable and uncountable, plural stools)

1. A seat for one person without a back or armrests.
2. A footstool.
3. (Scotland, dialectal) A seat with a back; a chair.
4. (Scotland, dialectal, figuratively, literally) A throne.
5. (Africa, West) A royal seat; a chief's throne.
6. A plant that has been cut down until its main stem is close to the ground, resembling a stool, to promote new growth.
   • The ground in almost every part of it is covered with stools or stems of Oak, at not more than three feet stool from stool, and these not having been thinned since last cutting, are completely overburdened, and are evidently killing each other and dying for want of nourishment […]1827, Robert Monteath, Miscellaneous Reports on Woods and Plantations, Shewing a Method to Plant, Rear, and Recover all Woods, Plantations and Timber Trees on every Soil and Situation in Britain and...

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