side-footedadv.adj.
/ˌsʌɪdˈfʊtᵻd/, U.S. /ˈsaɪdˌfʊdəd/ A. adv.† 1. With reference to the gait of a horse, esp. when cantering: having the specified (right or left) legs advancing further forward than those on the other side. Obsolete. rare.
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1839 G. Greenwood Hints Horsemanship 68 With horses obstinately addicted to the left leg,..it is a good plan to canter them side-footed to the right, that is on a level line, on the side of a hill which rises to the right.
2. With the side of the foot; (Association Football) with a side-footed kick. Cf. sense B. 2, sidefoot v.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > football > association football > [adverb] > type of shot
side-footed1950
sidefoot1956
1894 Bury & Norwich Post 15 May 2/4 His father kicked the deceased on the hip, side-footed.
1950 Manch. Guardian 6 Feb. 6/4 He tried the gentlest of push-shots, side-footed, as though, in place of football boots, he were wearing fur-lined slippers.
1966 T. Stoppard Lord Malquist & Mr. Moon i. i. 15 The man took a pace back and kicked it [sc. the donkey] side-footed on the rump.
2009 Drogheda Independent (Nexis) 4 Nov. Donald Nkana..took the ball past two defenders before coolly slotting it side-footed to the near post to beat the Lucan keeper.
B. adj.
1. Designating a gait in which the feet are turned outwards or to one side.
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the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > [adjective] > having specific manner of walking > awkward or clumsy > with feet turned out
side-footed1861
slew-footed1922
slew-foot1945
1861 London Rev. & Weekly Jrnl. 7 Sept. 294/2 The side-footed method of locomotion, fit for rounding the shoulder of a Perthshire-hill.
1922 Sat. Evening Post 7 Oct. 65/2 The male inhabitants rolled down the sidewalk with the cramped, side-footed gait of horsemen forced onto their own legs.
1997 Printed Circuit Design Mar. 72/2 That's why they wear their jeans so low and practice that odd side-footed gait.
2. Of a kick: made with the side of the foot. Chiefly (Association Football): designating a type of shot in which the ball is kicked with the inside of the foot. Cf. sidefoot v.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > football > association football > [adjective] > type of shot
raking1929
indirect1938
sidefoot1945
side-footed1955
1934 Chambers's Jrnl. 402/2 A side-footed kick in the ribs rewarded it [sc. a dog].
1955 Manch. Guardian 19 Dec. 4/4 Speed..was married to thoughtful passing with each side-footed pass going unerringly to the man.
1974 Observer 1 Sept. 18/5 Latchford..steered a side-footed volley to Rimmer's left.
2001 B. Broady In this Block there lives Slag 186 When the ball interrupted this reverie he'd dismiss it with side-footed passes that would trundle sixty yards..before picking up pace.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adv.adj.1839