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foot-fault Lawn Tennis.|ˈfʊtfɒlt, -ɔː-|
[f. foot n. + fault n.]
A fault or infringement of the rules made by overstepping the base-line while serving. Hence ˈfoot-fault v. intr., to make a foot-fault; trans., to record a foot-fault against (a player). ˈfoot-faulter, ˈfoot-faulting vbl. n.
1886J. Dwight Lawn Tennis i. i. 5 Frequent foot-faulting in a match spoils your service altogether. Ibid. ii. v. 69 It is nearly impossible to call foot faults and to watch the service line too. 1889W. M. Brownlee Lawn-Tennis iii. v. 144 Be careful to put the toe of the left foot on the line, and you are not likely to be foot-faulted. 1902Westm. Gaz. 6 Oct. 4/3 The ex-champion was annoyed at being several times pulled up for ‘foot-faulting’. Ibid. 23 Oct. 6/2 The New Lawn Tennis Laws. The Foot-Fault Difficulty Abolished... The feet of more than one ‘crack’ had to be carefully watched by relentless linesmen to detect the slightest inclination to foot-fault. 1909Ibid. 9 Feb. 12/2 The ruling..that players who..lift the left foot before throwing up the ball, or while doing it, and then do the same with the right foot before the ball leaves the racket, are foot-faulters. 1921A. W. Myers 20 Yrs. Lawn Tennis 114 Larned..was the foot-fault judge in the Davis Cup doubles... When he foot-faulted,..he signalled to the umpire with his hand and the man in the chair called the foot-fault. 1922W. T. Tilden It's All in the Game 35 In his anxiety he foot-faulted and his first serve was wasted. 1927Daily Express 6 June 1 Tilden was foot-faulted by a special umpire in the fifth game of the third set. |