footpace
Americannoun
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walking pace.
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a raised portion of a floor; platform.
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a landing or resting place at the end of a short flight of steps.
noun
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a normal or walking pace
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Also called (in the Roman Catholic Church): predella. the platform immediately before an altar at the top of the altar steps
Etymology
Origin of footpace
Example Sentences
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Dolokhov was a long time mounting his horse which would not stand still, then he rode out of the yard at a footpace.
From War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy, Count
On our way back we rode a footpace, while the captain, now ready enough to talk, answered my many questions.
From Hugh Wynne, Free Quaker by S. Weir (Silas Weir) Mitchell
He had clothed himself in mean apparel, and rode at a footpace straight to the city, where dwelt the daughter of the King.
From French Mediaeval Romances from the Lays of Marie de France by Marie de France
"I think you must have taken Uncle Sidney unawares," said Alicia, when the caravan was toiling at a slow footpace along the rough wagon road paralleling the Horse Creek grade.
From Empire Builders by Jay Hambidge
It came at a footpace past the wicket-gate of the station, and the doctor stopped it with a whisper.
From The Day's Work - Volume 1 by Rudyard Kipling
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