footwell

[ foot-wel ]

noun

1. a recessed compartment in front of the seats of a vehicle.

Word History and Origins

Origin of footwell¹

First recorded in 1970–75; foot + well ²

Example Sentences

One woman told officers she placed a few strands of her hair in the footwell of cars she stepped into, in case she never made it back alive.

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Soil samples from around the ditch where Ms Caldwell's body was discovered were compared to soil samples taken from the van's footwell.

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The 58-year-old picked up the bird to give it a more dignified final resting place and popped it in his car's footwell - but was shocked to hear rustling a short time later.

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"I didn't want it to be run over by cars and I just put it in my footwell," he said.

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Suspicions were raised when UK Border Force officials in Coquelles, northern France, noticed that the carpet in the passenger footwell was further forward than usual.

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