footstall

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

• noun The pedestal, plinth, or base of a pillar, column, or statue.

from The Century Dictionary.

• noun The stirrup of a woman's saddle.
• noun [Cf. G. fussgestell, Sw. fotställning.] In architecture, the plinth or base of a pillar: probably a sort of translation of French piédestal, pedestal.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

• noun The stirrup of a woman's saddle.
• noun (Arch.) The plinth or base of a pillar.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

• noun The stirrup of a woman's saddle.
• noun architecture The plinth or base of a pillar.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

• noun an architectural support or base (as for a column or statue)