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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Example Sentences

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

From The Guardian • Aug. 7, 2012

Holy cross! what a sight! when the madcap rears aright Her shining lizard's head! her Spanish foot falls light, Her wasp-like figure sways And swims and whirls and springs again.

From Jasmin: Barber, Poet, Philanthropist by Smiles, Samuel

The march over the Alps destroyed near half this number; so that Hannibal had now remaining only twelve thousand Africans, eight thousand Spanish foot, and six thousand horse.

From The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians and Grecians (Vol. 1 of 6) by Rollin, Charles

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

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