Făld'stōol, n.
[A-S. fold, feald, fold, and stool. See supra.
Sense 1. A folding-stool, or portable seat, made to fold up in the manner of a camp-stool. It was formerly placed in the choir for a bishop, when he officiated in any but his own cathedral church. Fairholt.
Sense 2. A small desk at which the litany is enjoined to be sung or said, generally placed in the middle of the choir of a church where it is used, sometimes near the steps of the altar. Hook.
