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

Stubbornly the English drove back the Spanish, foot by foot, the way they had come, down the street of heat and clamor.

From Sir Mortimer by Johnston, Mary

In 1658 Colonel Edward Doyley, the governor, gained a decisive victory over thirty companies of Spanish foot, and sent ten of their flags to Cromwell.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 7 "Crocoite" to "Cuba" by Various

The inhabitants of these places, therefore, applied to Cortes, who instantly despatched Andreas de Tapia, with twenty horse, one hundred Spanish foot, and a strong body of our allies to their assistance.

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

Cortés put himself at the head of his cavalry, and, followed by nearly all the Spanish foot, set out under the guidance of several caciques sent by Montezuma.

From The True Story Book by Lang, Andrew