单词 | at foot pace |
释义 | > as lemmasat (also †in) (a) foot pace 1. Walking pace. Chiefly in adverbial phrases, as †a foot pace, at (also †in) (a) foot pace: at a walking pace. See also at (a) foot's pace at foot n. and int. Phrases 8b. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > rate of motion > [phrase] > at a walking pace to hold (also keep) foot withc1438 at (also in) (a) foot pace1538 hay-foot, straw-foot1898 the world > movement > rate of motion > [noun] > on foot > a walking pace pacea1393 foot pace1538 walking pace1621 1538 T. Elyot Dict. Pedepressim, a foote pase, softly. 1555 J. Heywood Two Hundred Epigrammes with Thyrde sig. C.i The best lacketh feete, foote pace with vs to holde. 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 405 Cause him euery day to be ledde vp and downe a foot pace a quarter of an houre. 1697 N. Cox Gentleman's Recreation (ed. 4) App. i. 4 Being oblig'd..to toil their Horses all day, over deep Fallows, in a Foot-pace only. 1739 J. Wesley Let. 2 Apr. (1931) I. 289 My horse was so tired he could scarce go a foot-pace. 1779 N. W. Wraxall Let. 4 Mar. in Mem. Courts (1799) II. 231 Every part of Bohemia..he has rode over, almost at a foot-pace. 1810 Sporting Mag. 36 90 The child was riding only a foot pace. 1859 C. Dickens Tale of Two Cities i. ii. 5 ‘Come on at a footpace; d'ye mind me?’ 1917 E. M. Rhodes West is West xxiii. 252 Rainboldt swung lightly to the saddle and rode out at a footpace, southward through the glowing sun. 1956 Jrnl. Hellenic Stud. 76 27 He..proceeded southwards with his cavalry, leaving the infantry to follow at a foot pace. 2009 J. Westwood & S. Kingshill Lore of Scotl. 446/1 This is a time-honoured way for oral folklore to be shared around, at foot pace and within sight of a particular landmark. < as lemmas |
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