four-footadj.

Brit.

/ˈfɔːfʊt/, U.S.

/ˈfɔrˌfʊt/

Etymology: < four adj. + foot n. and int.

Obsolete exc. poetic.

= four-footed adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > animal body > general parts > body and limbs > [adjective] > of feet > having feet > four-footed

fetherfootedc1175

four-footedc1175

four-foota1400

quadrupeded1542

quadrupedal1620

quadruped1649

quadrupedant1656

quadrupedical1824

tetrapod1859

quadrupedic1888

tetrapous1899

c893 tr. Orosius Hist. ii. iv. §3 Ælces cynnes feower~fetes feos an.

c900 tr. Bede Eccl. Hist. (1891) iv. xxx. [xxix.] 374 He..nales ðæt aan feðerfotra neata..ðone teoðan dæl..sealde.]

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Coll. Phys.) l. 19848 Alle fourfote bestis saȝ he bune.

1732 J. Swift Beasts' Confession 201 For libelling the four-foot race.

1864 A. C. Swinburne Atalanta 149 Yea, lest they smite us with some four-foot plague.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

four-foot n. (also four-foot way) the space (really 4 ft. 8½ in.) between the rails on which the train runs.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > rail travel > railway system or organization > [noun] > track > permanent way > space between rails

six-foot way1861

four-foot1896

1896 Daily News 9 Mar. 5/5 The body of the lady, who was lying in the four-foot.

单词	four-foot
释义	four-footadj. Brit. /ˈfɔːfʊt/, U.S. /ˈfɔrˌfʊt/ Etymology: < four adj. + foot n. and int. Obsolete exc. poetic. = four-footed adj. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > general parts > body and limbs > [adjective] > of feet > having feet > four-footed fetherfootedc1175 four-footedc1175 four-foota1400 quadrupeded1542 quadrupedal1620 quadruped1649 quadrupedant1656 quadrupedical1824 tetrapod1859 quadrupedic1888 tetrapous1899 c893 tr. Orosius Hist. ii. iv. §3 Ælces cynnes feower~fetes feos an. c900 tr. Bede Eccl. Hist. (1891) iv. xxx. [xxix.] 374 He..nales ðæt aan feðerfotra neata..ðone teoðan dæl..sealde.] a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Coll. Phys.) l. 19848 Alle fourfote bestis saȝ he bune. 1732 J. Swift Beasts' Confession 201 For libelling the four-foot race. 1864 A. C. Swinburne Atalanta 149 Yea, lest they smite us with some four-foot plague. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022). > as lemmas four-foot four-foot n. (also four-foot way) the space (really 4 ft. 8½ in.) between the rails on which the train runs. ΘΚΠ society > travel > rail travel > railway system or organization > [noun] > track > permanent way > space between rails six-foot way1861 four-foot1896 1896 Daily News 9 Mar. 5/5 The body of the lady, who was lying in the four-foot. extracted from fouradj.n. < adj.a1400 as lemmas
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four-footadj.

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