two-footadj.
/ˈtuːfʊt/ 1. † a. Having two feet, two-footed. Obsolete.
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the world > life > the body > external parts of body > limb > extremities > foot > [adjective] > having one or two
two-footedc1374
one-footed1440
bipedal1607
two-foot1620
biped1799
uniped1835
1620 S. Rowlands Night-raven 3 I haunt not barnes, for either Mouse or Rat, As doth the searching two-foote flying Cat.
b. Performed or executed with both feet. rare.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > winter sports > skating > [adjective] > specific figure or movement
two-foot1902
the world > life > the body > external parts of body > limb > extremities > foot > [adjective] > performed by two
two-footed1898
two-foot1902
1902 Munsey's Mag. 26 477/1 The two foot spin is one of the most sensational movements in figure skating.
2. Measuring two feet; two feet long, wide, or thick. two-foot rule, a measuring rule two feet long. So two-foot-wide adj.
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the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement of length > [adjective] > two, etc., feet long or wide
bipedalc1420
footed1568
septipedal1606
twelve-footed1611
septempedal1656
two-foot1664
six-foot1681
fourteen-foot1890
two-foot-wide1891
the world > relative properties > measurement > measuring instrument > [noun] > for measuring length > graduated strip of wood, etc.
rule1340
ruler1530
measure1555
scale1607
foot-rule1662
two-foot rule1664
joint-rule1680
inch-rule1850
inch-measure1851
stationer's rule1866
contraction-rule1874
measure-strip1887
1664 S. Butler Hudibras: Second Pt. ii. iii. 132 A two-foot Trout.
1679 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises I. vii. 129 If there be odd Inches, they measure them with the Two-foot Rule.
1855 J. Phillips Man. Geol. 193 Two-foot coal.
1891 C. T. C. James Romantic Rigmarole 127 Squeezed in between the two-foot-wide pavement and the centre of the roadway..was a row of canvas booths.
1903 Heart of Heretic xx. 152 We measure Him [God] by our little two-foot rule.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
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