buffeting (bufeting)

[Verbal n. of buffet1, v.] A beating; a blow; a buffet. He had withstood these buffetings to the last till sick ne overtook him. Sterne , Tristram Shandy, vi. 13. buffet-stool (buf'et-st et-stöl), n. [ buffett stole, bofet stole, also simpl simply buff it , bofet (see buffet2 , 4); buffet2 + stool .] A stool with either four or three legs, formerly used in connection with the buffet or sideboard, and often serving as a table or sideboard among poor people. Forby .