kneeler

English

Etymology

From Middle English knelere, equivalent to kneel +‎ -er.

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Noun

kneeler (plural kneelers)

  1. A person who kneels.
    All the kneelers sighed with relief when they were told it was over and they could finally stand up.
  2. A hassock.
    The parish deacon was always pushing to get new kneelers for the church, probably because he was old and his knees were sensitive.
    • 1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 207:
      The benches are scuffed Victorian, and lying on them are sets of kneelers embroidered by parishioners.
  3. An apparatus that permits the loading door of a bus to decrease in height in order to facilitate boarding of passengers that are seniors and physically disadvantaged
  4. On a gable-end, the stone (often decorated) at the base of the slope of the gable on either side.

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