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 William Hickling Prescott

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 Bernal Díaz del Castillo

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 Samuel Smiles

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

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