An Empire and a hassock

• Footstools that often match chairs
• Hassock cousins
• They help people get a leg up
• Foot props
• Comfy footstools
• Middle Easterners named for their first sultan

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.