Noun

(en noun)

A stool with in-built steps for climbing onto it, used for reaching high objects.

*{{quote-news, year=2009, date=July 29, author=Charles Mcgrath, title=An Author Without Borders, work=New York Times citation

, passage=His bibliography so far includes nine novels, including “Europe Central,” which won the National Book Award in 2005; three collections of stories; a seven-volume, 3,000-page history of violence; a book-length essay on poverty; and a travel book about hopping freight trains, a hobby of his even though his balance is so bad that he has to use a plastic bucket as a stepstool . }}