Home › Words › F › footstickfootstickfootstick means A measuring rod that is one foot long.EtymologyFrom foot + stick.nounA measuring rod that is one foot long.e.g.“Every time, the bricklayers have to use their footstick to check whether the right height has been reached.” — 2008, Marja van den Heuvel-Panhuizen, Kees Buys, Young Children Learn Measurement and Geometry, page 74:A piece of wood serving as a simple bridge over water.e.g.“The wee man crossed the footstick to where Johnny was and took him back over to his side.” — 2017, Steve Lally, Monaghan Folk Tales:A sloped or beveled piece of wood or metal placed against the foot of a page that is being typeset, and locked in place by quoins.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).