hay-footn.

Etymology: hay n.¹Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈhay-foot.

hay-foot, straw-foot: with right and left foot alternately (at the word of command). Also as v.In allusion to the alleged use of hay and straw to enable a rustic recruit to distinguish the right foot from the left.

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society > armed hostility > military operations > evolution > [phrase] > with left and right foot alternately

hay-foot, straw-foot1851

society > armed hostility > military operations > evolution > [verb (intransitive)] > march > practise specific step

hay-foot, straw-foot1851

goose-step1879

lock-step1887

the world > movement > rate of motion > [phrase] > at a walking pace

to hold (also keep) foot withc1438

at (also in) (a) foot pace1538

hay-foot, straw-foot1898

1851 Knickerbocker 38 79 At company-training and general-training..it was all ‘hay-foot, straw-foot’ with him.

1887 J. D. Billings Hardtack & Coffee 208 Scores of men..would ‘hay-foot’ every time when they should ‘straw-foot’.

1898 J. MacManus Bend of Road 40 Poor fool, he's off, hay foot straw foot, an' small grass grows round his heels till he's there.

1911 R. D. Saunders Col. Todhunter vii. 98 You never got in a thousand miles of one of 'em for all your ‘heppin’ and ‘hay-foot’ and ‘straw-foot’ drillin'.

1911 H. S. Harrison Queed i. 12 They march like little lambs when I say the word. Hay-foot—straw-foot.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

单词	hay-foot
释义	hay-footn. Etymology: hay n.¹Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈhay-foot. hay-foot, straw-foot: with right and left foot alternately (at the word of command). Also as v.In allusion to the alleged use of hay and straw to enable a rustic recruit to distinguish the right foot from the left. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military operations > evolution > [phrase] > with left and right foot alternately hay-foot, straw-foot1851 society > armed hostility > military operations > evolution > [verb (intransitive)] > march > practise specific step hay-foot, straw-foot1851 goose-step1879 lock-step1887 the world > movement > rate of motion > [phrase] > at a walking pace to hold (also keep) foot withc1438 at (also in) (a) foot pace1538 hay-foot, straw-foot1898 1851 Knickerbocker 38 79 At company-training and general-training..it was all ‘hay-foot, straw-foot’ with him. 1887 J. D. Billings Hardtack & Coffee 208 Scores of men..would ‘hay-foot’ every time when they should ‘straw-foot’. 1898 J. MacManus Bend of Road 40 Poor fool, he's off, hay foot straw foot, an' small grass grows round his heels till he's there. 1911 R. D. Saunders Col. Todhunter vii. 98 You never got in a thousand miles of one of 'em for all your ‘heppin’ and ‘hay-foot’ and ‘straw-foot’ drillin'. 1911 H. S. Harrison Queed i. 12 They march like little lambs when I say the word. Hay-foot—straw-foot. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < n.1851
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