They help people get a leg up

• Footstools that often match chairs
• Middle Easterners named for their first sultan
• Armless sofas
• Conquerors of the Byzantines
• Pretentious over crews getting seats
• Large, cushiony footstools
• Comfy footstools

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (plural of ottoman English)

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
See othman

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Ottoman \Ot"to*man\, n.; pl. Ottomans . A Turk. [F. ottomane, from ottoman Turkish.] A stuffed seat without a back, originally used in Turkey.