Definition of: faldstool

(fôld′stl′) noun
1. A desk at which the litany is read, as in the Church of England.
2. A folding seat, stool, or chair, especially one used by a king, or by a bishop when performing pontifical acts away from his cathedral, or in the presence of a superior.
3. A camp stool. [<Med. L faldistolium <OHG faldstuol a folding stool]