Footmeal

adv, noun

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    Step by step: incrementally, little by little, by degrees, one foot (measure) at a time. not-comparable, rare

    "Grandees must covet condos, since they let bids rip, And "spaces" measured footmeal now reach record tops."

Noun
  1. 1
    A fotmal. obsolete

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English footmele, fotmelen, from Old English fōtmǣlum (“step by step, by degrees”), dative plural of Old English fōtmǣl (“a foot-measure, one foot”), equivalent to foot + -meal.

Etymology 2

From Middle English footmele, fotmelen, from Old English fōtmǣlum (“step by step, by degrees”), dative plural of Old English fōtmǣl (“a foot-measure, one foot”), equivalent to foot + -meal.

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