pedal stool
pedal stool · pedal stools
A stool with vertical foot levers that attach to the pedals of a piano, organ, or…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.
Meaning
2 sensesA 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.
(nonstandard)Malapropism of pedestal.
Origin
pedal + stool Mishearing owing to homeophony (compare pedestal: pĕʹdəstəl with pedal stoopedal + stool
Mishearing owing to homeophony (compare pedestal: pĕʹdəstəl with pedal stool: pĕʹdəl.sto͞ol).
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