footpace

American  

[foot-pays] / 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

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Example Sentences

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footpace

The sanctuary is paved with coloured tesserae and marbles, in a series of five steps, the uppermost of which forms the predella, or footpace, to the altar.

From Bell's Cathedrals: The Priory Church of St. Bartholomew-the-Great, Smithfield A Short History of the Foundation and a Description of the Fabric and also of the Church of St. Bartholomew-the-Less by George Worley

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

From War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy, Count

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 Henry Handel Richardson

"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

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 Stanley John Weyman

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