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"footstool" is also used as a crossword clue. If that's what you saw, the answer is often ottoman (7 letters).
Definitions
a low seat or a stool to rest the feet of a seated person
Word origin
From foot + stool.
Used in a sentence
“In Christianity, the world is called the footstool of Christ; in this Sumerian vision, the awakened body would be called the bed of the Queen of Heaven.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Ottoman cousin”9 letters
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