footbackn.adv.adj.

Brit.

/ˈfʊtbak/, U.S.

/ˈfʊtˌbæk/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: foot n., back n.¹

Etymology: < foot n. + back n.¹, punningly after horseback n. and adv. Compare afoot-back adv. at afoot adv. and adj. Compounds.

Now rare.

A. n.

Travelling on foot; walking. Chiefly in on footback: on foot; by walking; cf. afoot-back adv. at afoot adv. and adj. Compounds. Also in figurative context.

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society > travel > aspects of travel > going on foot > on foot [phrase]

on footOE

on footback1589

1589 T. Nashe To Students in R. Greene Menaphon Epist. sig. A2^v Beggers [have forgot] that euer they caried their fardles on footback.

1644 Court Mercurie 7 Sept. Such newes..trots on foot-back to his friends in London.

1682 T. Thompson Midsummer-Moon 7 He on lofty ten-toes did advance, And through the Streets on foot-back proudly prance.

1718 J. Breval Play is Plot ii. i. 24 Will your Worship have him exercis'd on Footback or on Horseback, an't please you.

1765 Poor Robin Pref. sig. A^v I cannot imagine there is one in an hundred so devoutly religious, but, on a very snowy or rainy Day, will rather sit down contentedly at home and read some good Book than go five Miles on Foot-back to hear a bad Sermon.

1877 Titusville (Pa.) Morning Herald 29 Sept. Here all railroad ends and you have your choice between stage and ‘footback’.

1895 Stoves & Hardware Reporter 4 July 16/1 One afternoon this week I covered the distance on footback, as they say here.

1938 Lowell (Mass.) Sun 17 Mar. 1/3 An army on footback and on horseback captured Fifth avenue today without firing a shot.

2011 Herald Sun (Austral.) (Nexis) 23 Mar. 14 John says that, in his part of Victoria, they prefer to say that they ‘got there on footback’.

B. adv.

On foot; by walking.Recorded earliest in footback-trotting.

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society > travel > aspects of travel > going on foot > [adverb]

afootc1275

footback1613

pedestrially1632

pedestrianly1859

1613 J. Taylor Odcombs Complaint sig. A8 Should footback trotting Trauelours intend, To match his trauailes.

1860 Charleston (S. Carolina) Tri-weekly Courier 19 Jan. Those who took the cars up had either to return foot-back, or wait till 4½ P. M.

1877 Petersburg (Va.) Index & Appeal 24 Aug. He was doomed to forego the disappointment of rambling foot-back over the stony flagging of our streets.

1902 J. K. Barnes Ann. Quiet Country Town 249 Hank took 'em all thru thare paces footback.

1935 Bonham (Texas) Daily Favorite 8 Feb. 2/2 Until running a car is cheaper than walking there ought to be a lot more people traveling footback.

C. adj.

Of a person: that travels on foot. Also of travel, a journey, etc.: made on foot; characterized by walking.

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society > travel > aspects of travel > going on foot > [adjective] > going on foot

gangingOE

pedestrial1606

pedantical1622

foot-faring1625

pedestrious1646

pedestrianizing1800

pedestrian1829

footback1863

foot-slogging1898

1863 B. K. Benson Let. 24 July in B. Benson's Civil War Bk. (1962) iii. 49 When I saw him he was ‘footback’, with no sword, and a gun on his shoulder.

1907 Everybody's Mag. Aug. 198/2 Enough of the footback life for me.

1966 San Jacinto County (Texas) News 7 Apr. 1/4 Spatterings of mud on his trousers evidencing his footback trek through the wilds of the reservation and Big Thicket forests.

2014 Ruidoso (New Mexico) News (Nexis) 23 Oct. A bad-to-the-bone cowboy hates more than anything to be ‘footback’, which means ‘without a horse’.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	footback
释义	footbackn.adv.adj. Brit. /ˈfʊtbak/, U.S. /ˈfʊtˌbæk/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: foot n., back n.¹ Etymology: < foot n. + back n.¹, punningly after horseback n. and adv. Compare afoot-back adv. at afoot adv. and adj. Compounds. Now rare. A. n. Travelling on foot; walking. Chiefly in on footback: on foot; by walking; cf. afoot-back adv. at afoot adv. and adj. Compounds. Also in figurative context. ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > going on foot > on foot [phrase] on footOE on footback1589 1589 T. Nashe To Students in R. Greene Menaphon Epist. sig. A2^v Beggers [have forgot] that euer they caried their fardles on footback. 1644 Court Mercurie 7 Sept. Such newes..trots on foot-back to his friends in London. 1682 T. Thompson Midsummer-Moon 7 He on lofty ten-toes did advance, And through the Streets on foot-back proudly prance. 1718 J. Breval Play is Plot ii. i. 24 Will your Worship have him exercis'd on Footback or on Horseback, an't please you. 1765 Poor Robin Pref. sig. A^v I cannot imagine there is one in an hundred so devoutly religious, but, on a very snowy or rainy Day, will rather sit down contentedly at home and read some good Book than go five Miles on Foot-back to hear a bad Sermon. 1877 Titusville (Pa.) Morning Herald 29 Sept. Here all railroad ends and you have your choice between stage and ‘footback’. 1895 Stoves & Hardware Reporter 4 July 16/1 One afternoon this week I covered the distance on footback, as they say here. 1938 Lowell (Mass.) Sun 17 Mar. 1/3 An army on footback and on horseback captured Fifth avenue today without firing a shot. 2011 Herald Sun (Austral.) (Nexis) 23 Mar. 14 John says that, in his part of Victoria, they prefer to say that they ‘got there on footback’. B. adv. On foot; by walking.Recorded earliest in footback-trotting. ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > going on foot > [adverb] afootc1275 footback1613 pedestrially1632 pedestrianly1859 1613 J. Taylor Odcombs Complaint sig. A8 Should footback trotting Trauelours intend, To match his trauailes. 1860 Charleston (S. Carolina) Tri-weekly Courier 19 Jan. Those who took the cars up had either to return foot-back, or wait till 4½ P. M. 1877 Petersburg (Va.) Index & Appeal 24 Aug. He was doomed to forego the disappointment of rambling foot-back over the stony flagging of our streets. 1902 J. K. Barnes Ann. Quiet Country Town 249 Hank took 'em all thru thare paces footback. 1935 Bonham (Texas) Daily Favorite 8 Feb. 2/2 Until running a car is cheaper than walking there ought to be a lot more people traveling footback. C. adj. Of a person: that travels on foot. Also of travel, a journey, etc.: made on foot; characterized by walking. ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > going on foot > [adjective] > going on foot gangingOE pedestrial1606 pedantical1622 foot-faring1625 pedestrious1646 pedestrianizing1800 pedestrian1829 footback1863 foot-slogging1898 1863 B. K. Benson Let. 24 July in B. Benson's Civil War Bk. (1962) iii. 49 When I saw him he was ‘footback’, with no sword, and a gun on his shoulder. 1907 Everybody's Mag. Aug. 198/2 Enough of the footback life for me. 1966 San Jacinto County (Texas) News 7 Apr. 1/4 Spatterings of mud on his trousers evidencing his footback trek through the wilds of the reservation and Big Thicket forests. 2014 Ruidoso (New Mexico) News (Nexis) 23 Oct. A bad-to-the-bone cowboy hates more than anything to be ‘footback’, which means ‘without a horse’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adv.adj.1589
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