French foot

[french foot]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

Furniture.

Also called scroll foot.��Also called whorl foot.��Also called knurl toe.��a foot of the mid-18th century having the form of a scroll, continuing the leg downward and outward, supported by a shoe.
a bracket foot comprising a downward and outward continuation of the adjoining surfaces of the piece, the corner of the foot being a concave outward curve and the inner edges being a pair of ogee curves continuing the lines of the bottom rails downward.

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Some 250 British officers – and 50 police dogs - will be in France over the coming weeks, with some joining French foot patrols around the centre of Paris.

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Against all momentum, it’s Australia that nearly scores first: a cross, a header, a stray French foot.

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There’s a good hundred early 20th century street games listed: Paper chase, Egg-in-cap, Queenie, Missings out, French foot, Punch ball, Bounce ball, Wally, Dust holes, Rabbit in the hutch.

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In the same village were still two French foot soldiers.

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Such a crime must not be committed by the French foot!

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