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

The Cossacks rode forward silently, now at a footpace, then at a trot, and these changes were the only incidents that interrupted for a moment the stillness and solemnity of their movements.

From The Cossacks by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

They proceeded in single file and at a footpace, for the highway had been honeycombed and rendered unsafe; it also ascended steadily.

From Australia Felix by Richardson, Henry Handel

Nicholas sent the man to call Natasha and Petya to him, and rode at a footpace to the place where the whips were getting the hounds together.

From War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

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 France, Marie de

They rode at a footpace to the barn, where a large crowd of peasants was standing.

From War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo, graf