'Faldstool' definitions:
Definition of 'Faldstool'
From: GCIDE
- Faldstool \Fald"stool`\, n. [See Faldistory.] A folding stool, or portable seat, made to fold up in the manner of a camo stool. It was formerly placed in the choir for a bishop, when he offciated in any but his own cathedral church. --Fairholt. [1913 Webster]
- Note: In the modern practice of the Church of England, the term faldstool is given to the reading desk from which the litany is read. This esage is a relic of the ancient use of a lectern folding like a camp stool. [1913 Webster]