footpace

American  

[foot-peys] / ˈfʊtˌpeɪs /

noun

1. walking pace.

2. a raised portion of a floor; platform.

3. a landing or resting place at the end of a short flight of steps.

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footpace British  

/ ˈfʊtˌpeɪs /

noun

1. a normal or walking pace

2. Also called (in the Roman Catholic Church): predella.  the platform immediately before an altar at the top of the altar steps

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Etymology

Origin of footpace

First recorded in 1530–40; foot + pace ¹

Example Sentences

Rostov rode on at a footpace not knowing why or to whom he was now going.

From War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

Birdalone did as she was bidden, and the witch called unto her Atra, who came and stood humbly on the footpace beside her, and held converse with her mistress a while. 

From The Water of the Wondrous Isles by Morris, William

Gradually the train slackened, until it was almost at a footpace.

From A Trip to Manitoba by FitzGibbon, Mary

To readers whose taste for fiction has been cloyed by novels full of incident, movement, and compression, nothing could be more maddening than the leisurely footpace at which the story drags its slow length along.

From The Life and Romances of Mrs. Eliza Haywood by Whicher, George Frisbie

"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 Hambidge, Jay