French foot
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Also called scroll foot. Also called whorl foot. Also called knurl toe. a foot of the mid-18th century having the form of a scroll, continuing the leg downward and outward, supported by a shoe.
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a bracket foot comprising a downward and outward continuation of the adjoining surfaces of the piece, the corner of the foot being a concave outward curve and the inner edges being a pair of ogee curves continuing the lines of the bottom rails downward.
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Some 250 British officers – and 50 police dogs - will be in France over the coming weeks, with some joining French foot patrols around the centre of Paris.
From BBC • Jul. 23, 2024
Against all momentum, it’s Australia that nearly scores first: a cross, a header, a stray French foot.
From New York Times • Jun. 16, 2018
There’s a good hundred early 20th century street games listed: Paper chase, Egg-in-cap, Queenie, Missings out, French foot, Punch ball, Bounce ball, Wally, Dust holes, Rabbit in the hutch.
From Salon • Aug. 20, 2012
The French foot archers—some of them must be the same men Simon had briefly commanded before the gates of Rome—were lining up to protect their king.
From The Saracen: The Holy War by Shea, Robert
It will be remembered that the French foot is longer than ours.
From The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 3 by Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron
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