Footpace

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A walking pace or step.

    "We went at a foot-pace, but on the way back we trotted, and there was something to my mind singularly horrible in the way the driver of the hearse whipped up his horses."

  2. 2
    A dais, or elevated platform; the highest step of the altar; a landing in a staircase.

    "The king has laid his crown on the ground beside him , and the covered box which represents his present stands on the footpace."

Example

More examples

"We went at a foot-pace, but on the way back we trotted, and there was something to my mind singularly horrible in the way the driver of the hearse whipped up his horses."

Etymology

From foot + pace.

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