claw-and-ball foot

[ klaw-uhn-bawl ]

noun

, Furniture.

1. ball-and-claw foot.

Word History and Origins

Origin of claw-and-ball foot¹

First recorded in 1900–05

Example Sentences

Panelings and moldings that had done duty during the Jacobean period were retained in all their splendor, and to these were added the new feature of the claw-and-ball foot.

From Project Gutenberg