Spanish foot

American  

noun

Furniture.

1. a carved pyramidal foot having fluted, concave sides usually ending in a scroll at the bottom.

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Spanish foot

Glenn Kirkham forced a penalty corner after the ball hit a Spanish foot.

From The Guardian ● Aug. 7, 2012

Some writers carry the Spanish foot to fifty thousand.

From History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain, Vols. 1 and 2 by Prescott, William Hickling

Our allies were likewise ordered to follow the example of the Spanish foot; this was accordingly done and the object accomplished.

From The Memoirs of the Conquistador Bernal Diaz del Castillo, Vol 2 (of 2) Written by Himself Containing a True and Full Account of the Discovery and Conquest of Mexico and New Spain. by Díaz del Castillo, Bernal

I counted three in that of a Spanish foot soldier only a few weeks ago.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 1178, June 25, 1898 by Various

The Spanish foot and Tlascalans following close behind carried on the work of destruction, and it seemed to the Spaniards that the fight was already over, when the Aztecs fled before them.

From By Right of Conquest Or, With Cortez in Mexico by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)