splayfoot

[spley-foo t]

noun, plural splay·feet.

a broad, flat foot, especially one turned outward.

Pathology. this condition as a deformity in which the arch is very low or absent and weight is borne on the entire sole; flatfoot.

adjective Also splay·foot·ed.

of, relating to, or afflicted with splayfoot.

clumsy or awkward.

Origin of splayfoot

First recorded in 1540–50; splay + foot

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Examples from the Web for splay-foot

Historical Examples of splay-foot

I mind that you said it was a splay-foot, and here's the explanation.
The Valley of Fear
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Flat-foot or splay-foot is that deformity in which there is loss of the arch, and the foot tends to be pronated and abducted.
Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities--Head--Neck. Sixth Edition.
Alexander Miles
And here I thought all along it was because you was splay-foot farmers, and unfortunate, you know, that way like all nesters is.
Stepsons of Light
Eugene Manlove Rhodes
Though still some traces of our rustic vein And splay-foot verse, remained, and will remain.
Essay on Man
Alexander Pope

British Dictionary definitions for splay-foot

splayfoot

noun plural -feet

pathol another word for flatfoot (def. 1)

a foot of which the toes are spread out, as in certain breeds of dog used in hunting waterfowl

Derived Formssplayfooted, adjectivesplayfootedly, adverb

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splay-foot in Medicine

splayfoot

[splā′fut′]

n.

flatfoot