footholder

noun

Etymology

From foot + holder.

Definitions

  1. In Welsh mythology, a virgin maiden tasked with holding a warrior's feet in her lap.

    • One particularly difficult figure is the king's footholder, the problems with which have already been clearly delineated by McKenna.
    • After the rape of his “footholder,” the king tries to find another maiden who could be used for this purpose.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for footholder. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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