Spanish foot

American  

noun

Furniture.

1. a carved pyramidal foot having fluted, concave sides usually ending in a scroll at the bottom.

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Example Sentences

Glenn Kirkham forced a penalty corner after the ball hit a Spanish foot.

From The Guardian • Aug. 7, 2012

The Spanish foot behaved excellently, but the result showed that in the open field their loose formation and their swords put them at a disadvantage as against a charge of heavy cavalry or pikemen.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 4 "Coquelin" to "Costume" by Various

The van was composed of two hundred Spanish foot, and twenty horsemen, under the orders of Gonzalo de Sandoval.

From By Right of Conquest Or, With Cortez in Mexico by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)

I counted three in that of a Spanish foot soldier only a few weeks ago.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 1178, June 25, 1898 by Various

The inhabitants of these places, therefore, applied to Cortes, who instantly despatched Andreas de Tapia, with twenty horse, one hundred Spanish foot, and a strong body of our allies to their assistance.

From The Memoirs of the Conquistador Bernal Diaz del Castillo, Vol 2 (of 2) Written by Himself Containing a True and Full Account of the Discovery and Conquest of Mexico and New Spain. by Díaz del Castillo, Bernal