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ball-and-claw foot

[bawl-uh n-klaw]

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noun Furniture.

a foot having the form of a bird's claw grasping a ball.

Origin of ball-and-claw foot

First recorded in 1900–05

Also called claw-and-ball foot.

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

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Historical Examples of ball-and-claw foot

The articles are those six ball-and-claw-foot chairs with violin backs.
The Boss of Little Arcady
Harry Leon Wilson