footpace

American  

[foot-peys] / ˈfʊtˌpeɪs /

noun

1. walking pace.

2. a raised portion of a floor; platform.

3. a landing or resting place at the end of a short flight of steps.

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footpace British  

/ ˈfʊtˌpeɪs /

noun

1. a normal or walking pace

2. Also called (in the Roman Catholic Church): predella.  the platform immediately before an altar at the top of the altar steps

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Etymology

Origin of footpace

First recorded in 1530–40; foot + pace ¹

Example Sentences

I made no answer—what answer had I to make?—and we rode at a footpace down the street; he and I leading, Clon and the shock-headed man bringing up the rear.

From Under the Red Robe by Weyman, Stanley John

Dolokhov was a long time mounting his horse which would not stand still, then he rode out of the yard at a footpace.

From War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

It came at a footpace past the wicket-gate of the station, and the doctor stopped it with a whisper.

From The Day's Work - Volume 1 by Kipling, Rudyard

They rode at a footpace to the barn, where a large crowd of peasants was standing.

From War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

He had clothed himself in mean apparel, and rode at a footpace straight to the city, where dwelt the daughter of the King.

From French Mediaeval Romances from the Lays of Marie de France by France, Marie de