reel footn.

Brit.

/ˈriːl ˈfʊt/, U.S.

/ˈril ˌfʊt/, Scottish English

/ˈril ˌfut/, Irish English

/ˈriːl ˌfʊt/

Origin: Probably formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: reel n.¹, reel v.¹, foot n.

Etymology: Probably < either reel n.¹ or reel v.¹ + foot n., with reference to the gait of a person who has a club foot. Compare earlier reel-footed adj.It is unclear whether there is any etymological connection between the first element of the compound and Norwegian regional rela to wrench, to dislocate a joint (of uncertain origin, perhaps a variant of ridla in same sense (apparently < vrida writhe v. + -la -le suffix)). The word has been compared with Irish cam reilige bandiness, lit. ‘graveyard-crookedness’ (apparently so called because this was once believed to be caused by one's mother walking over a grave when pregnant), but this poses phonological problems, and there is apparently no Scottish Gaelic equivalent to this phrase. Recorded earliest in U.S. place names, perhaps originally with reference to a club-footed chief of the Chickasaw tribe (see quot. 1924). Compare the following:1793 W. Faden United States N. Amer. (map) Reelfoot R.1795 J. Reid Kentucky (map) Kaskinompa or Reel Foot River.

Chiefly regional (Scottish, Irish English (northern), and U.S.). Now rare.

A twisted or deformed foot, spec. a club foot; (also) the condition of having such a foot or feet. Cf. reel-footed adj.

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the world > health and disease > ill health > deformity > deformities of specific parts > [noun] > of foot > foot

splay-foot1548

stump foota1568

polt-foot1578

club-foot1683

bumble foot1832

reel foot1835

pigeon toe1888

clump-foot1922

rocker foot1934

1835 London Med. Gaz. 15 470/1 The foot then taking an inclination inwards or outwards, gives the distortion a new character, which the weight of the body, now coming for the first time upon the legs, renders confirmed reel or club foot.

1846 Freeman's Jrnl. (Dublin) 23 Mar. 1/5 A young man with a ‘reel foot’ pleaded guilty of having taken away by force and violence..a female named Cummins.

1867 H. Scott Fasti Ecclesiæ Scoticanæ ii. 586 A reel foot marred his personal appearance.

1897 Jrnl.-Advance (Gentry, Arkansas) 29 Oct. 1/4 The case was a bad case of Club Feet, both feet turned so as to make what is commonly called reel foot.

1924 National Geographic Mag. Jan. 95/1 He walked and ran with a rolling motion; so his people called him Kalopin, meaning Reelfoot.

1933 J. Meikle Hist. Alyth Parish Church iii. 216 Once, indeed, the price [of shoes] was thirty-six shillings, but one suspects a reel-foot in that case.

1996 Irish Times (Nexis) 21 Sept. 2 A reel foot is a deformed foot, thought by our superstitious ancestors to be induced by walking in pregnancy over a grave.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	reel foot
释义	reel footn. Brit. /ˈriːl ˈfʊt/, U.S. /ˈril ˌfʊt/, Scottish English /ˈril ˌfut/, Irish English /ˈriːl ˌfʊt/ Origin: Probably formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: reel n.¹, reel v.¹, foot n. Etymology: Probably < either reel n.¹ or reel v.¹ + foot n., with reference to the gait of a person who has a club foot. Compare earlier reel-footed adj.It is unclear whether there is any etymological connection between the first element of the compound and Norwegian regional rela to wrench, to dislocate a joint (of uncertain origin, perhaps a variant of ridla in same sense (apparently < vrida writhe v. + -la -le suffix)). The word has been compared with Irish cam reilige bandiness, lit. ‘graveyard-crookedness’ (apparently so called because this was once believed to be caused by one's mother walking over a grave when pregnant), but this poses phonological problems, and there is apparently no Scottish Gaelic equivalent to this phrase. Recorded earliest in U.S. place names, perhaps originally with reference to a club-footed chief of the Chickasaw tribe (see quot. 1924). Compare the following:1793 W. Faden United States N. Amer. (map) Reelfoot R.1795 J. Reid Kentucky (map) Kaskinompa or Reel Foot River. Chiefly regional (Scottish, Irish English (northern), and U.S.). Now rare. A twisted or deformed foot, spec. a club foot; (also) the condition of having such a foot or feet. Cf. reel-footed adj. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > deformity > deformities of specific parts > [noun] > of foot > foot splay-foot1548 stump foota1568 polt-foot1578 club-foot1683 bumble foot1832 reel foot1835 pigeon toe1888 clump-foot1922 rocker foot1934 1835 London Med. Gaz. 15 470/1 The foot then taking an inclination inwards or outwards, gives the distortion a new character, which the weight of the body, now coming for the first time upon the legs, renders confirmed reel or club foot. 1846 Freeman's Jrnl. (Dublin) 23 Mar. 1/5 A young man with a ‘reel foot’ pleaded guilty of having taken away by force and violence..a female named Cummins. 1867 H. Scott Fasti Ecclesiæ Scoticanæ ii. 586 A reel foot marred his personal appearance. 1897 Jrnl.-Advance (Gentry, Arkansas) 29 Oct. 1/4 The case was a bad case of Club Feet, both feet turned so as to make what is commonly called reel foot. 1924 National Geographic Mag. Jan. 95/1 He walked and ran with a rolling motion; so his people called him Kalopin, meaning Reelfoot. 1933 J. Meikle Hist. Alyth Parish Church iii. 216 Once, indeed, the price [of shoes] was thirty-six shillings, but one suspects a reel-foot in that case. 1996 Irish Times (Nexis) 21 Sept. 2 A reel foot is a deformed foot, thought by our superstitious ancestors to be induced by walking in pregnancy over a grave. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1835
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