footwarmer

English

Etymology

From foot +‎ warmer.

Noun

footwarmer (plural footwarmers)

  1. Something used to keep the feet warm, especially during a journey.
    • 1899 February, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number M, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, […], →OCLC, part I, page 200:
      Her flat cloth slippers were propped up on a foot-warmer, and a cat reposed on her lap.
    • 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, page 357:
      stoves warmed and clarified the air, and there were always hotwater bottles and footwarmers for cold nights.
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