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

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

From A Trip to Manitoba by FitzGibbon, Mary

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

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

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

I made no answer—what answer had I to make?—and we rode at a footpace down the street; he and I leading, Clon and the shock-headed man bringing up the rear.

From Under the Red Robe by Weyman, Stanley John