单词 | footstall |
释义 | footstalln.ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Lagomorpha (rabbits and hares) > [noun] > family Leporidae > genus Lepus (hares) > lepus europaeus (hare) > track or trail of footstallc1475 fostal?c1475 fare?1610 society > communication > indication > marking > a mark > trace or vestige > [noun] > left by the passage of something > of a person or animal > of a rabbit or hare prickinga1425 footstallc1475 fostal?c1475 prick1598 fare?1610 c1475 in R. Hands Eng. Hawking & Hunting (1975) 183 Whan he [sc. a hare] rennes in a wey dri oþer wete þer men mon finde þe fote stalles of þe clees of hire fete [1486 Bk. St. Albans fostalx of clees or of feete]. 2. The base or pedestal of a pillar, statue, etc. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > column > [noun] > pedestal pedestal1563 footstall1585 society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > other elements > [noun] > pedestal: general uses pedestal1563 footstall1585 acroterion1664 acroteriaa1697 piedouche1704 postament1738 the world > space > relative position > low position > [noun] > condition of being placed under > that which lies under > base on which a thing rests > pedestal footstoneOE foot stakea1382 basec1450 pedestal1563 footpath1580 footstall1585 basisa1616 postament1738 footstalk1787 1585 J. Higgins tr. Junius Nomenclator 203 Stylobata..The foote stal of a piller. 1595 A. Munday tr. First Bk. Primaleon xii. 92 Foure Dragons of greene marble planted vppon..foote stalles of Iasper. 1618 H. Ainsworth Annot. Third Bk. Moses, called Leuiticus sig. B2 The Preist went up on the footstall (of the Altar). 1635 J. Hayward tr. G. F. Biondi Donzella Desterrada 19 His shield..rested on the footestall of the statue. 1774 Covent-Garden Mag. Jan. 7/1 He did not see a low foot-stall that happened to be near him, and stumbling over it, he fell against a large screen. 1886 R. Willis & J. W. Clark Archit. Hist. Univ. Cambr. II. 140 The bases and footstalls shewed that the whole of the piers stood on this lower level. 1999 Jrnl. Egyptian Archaeology 85 206 Nearly every tomb included fragments of painted and/or gilded cartonnage masks and footstalls. ΚΠ 1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Footstall, a woman's stirrup. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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