footpost

English

Etymology

From foot +‎ post.

Noun

footpost (plural footposts)

  1. A bedpost at the foot of a bed.
  2. (historical) A messenger who travels on foot.
    • 1860, Anthony Trollope, Framley Parsonage:
      […] at which place, between six and seven in the morning, it was shouldered by the Framley footpost messenger, and in due course delivered at the Framley Parsonage […]
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