A burn or scald injury on the foot, especially from exposure to hot water or steam.
From foot + scald, where scald comes from Old Norse 'skaldinn' (burned). This is a medical/historical term describing a specific type of injury.
Footscalds were surprisingly common in medieval and Victorian times when hot water baths were drawn for foot soaking—a practice meant to be therapeutic that sometimes caused accidental burns.
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