(a) a piece of furniture with feet shaped to resemble claws; also attributive; (b) a disease causing distortion of the foot; a foot thus affected.
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| 释义 | society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > [noun] > parts of furniture generally > foot (9) claw-foot1862 (a) a piece of furniture with feet shaped to resemble claws; also attributive; (b) a disease causing distortion of the foot; a foot thus affected. spade-foot1891 (a) the foot used in pressing a spade into the ground; (b) an enlargement on a chair-leg, etc., resembling a spade; (c) a toad having a foot… Spanish foot1902 a foot (of a chair or other piece of furniture) of a scroll form with vertical ribs. bun foot1904 of furniture (see quot. 1952). pad foot1905 A rounded, ornamental foot on a piece of furniture, reminiscent of the foot of an animal. Cf. claw-foot n. (a) at claw, n. compounds 2. Subcategories:— specific part (2) — castor (2) |
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