[1875–80; foot + stone. Cf. headstone]This word is first recorded in the period 1875–80. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: fan-tan, neoclassic, overdraft, weekend, weekender
Examples of 'footstone' in a sentence
footstone
The findings in this report may serve as a footstone for further research into this promising medicinal plant.
Rongchun eHan, Rongchun eHan, Hiroki eTakahashi, Michimi eNakamura, Naoko eYoshimoto,Hideyuki eSuzuki, Daisuke eShibata, Mami eYamazaki, Kazuki eSaito 2015, 'Transcriptomic landscape of Pueraria lobata demonstrates potential for phytochemicalstudy', Frontiers in Plant Sciencehttp://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpls.2015.00426/full. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)