Footlocker (Noun)
Meaning
A trunk for storing personal possessions; usually kept at the foot of a bed (as in a barracks).
Classification
Nouns denoting man-made objects.
Examples
- Each soldier had a footlocker at the foot of their bunk to keep personal belongings safe and organized.
- The drill sergeant inspected the contents of every footlocker during morning roll call to make sure everything was in order.
- In the barracks, the traditional footlocker was a place for stashing letters from home, civilian clothes, and other precious keepsakes.
- After graduation, recruits were given a small ceremony where they were presented with their footlocker as a keepsake from their time in training camp.
- His footlocker was overflowing with letters from his pen pal and was quickly becoming the envy of the rest of the barracks.