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

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 trains were guarded by a half company of Spanish foot, "fifteen to each company."

From On the Spanish Main Or, Some English forays on the Isthmus of Darien. by Masefield, John

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

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