Spanish foot

American  

noun

Furniture.

1. a carved pyramidal foot having fluted, concave sides usually ending in a scroll at the bottom.

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Spanish foot

Glenn Kirkham forced a penalty corner after the ball hit a Spanish foot.

From The Guardian ● Aug. 7, 2012

Upon this event, the Araucanian infantry made so violent a charge upon the Spanish foot as to throw them into confusion, insomuch that the governor gave up all for lost.

From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels - Volume 05 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time by Robert Kerr

I counted three in that of a Spanish foot soldier only a few weeks ago.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 1178, June 25, 1898 by Various

The van consisted of two hundred Spanish foot, commanded by Sandoval, with twenty other cavaliers.

From The True Story Book by Andrew Lang

The trains were guarded by a half company of Spanish foot, "fifteen to each company."

From On the Spanish Main Or, Some English forays on the Isthmus of Darien. by John Masefield

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