footbridge

[Eng. foot, and bridge.] 1. Ord. Lang.: A narrow bridge for foot-pa engers over a railway, stream, . 2. Mach .: A curved bar supporting the foot or toe of a mill spindle. *foot-cloth, s. [Eng. foot , and cloth .] The housings of a horse, reaching down to the ground; a sumpter-cloth. IMG:content-1881.png:[graphic][merged small] *foot-cush-ion, s . [Eng. foot , and cushion .] A cushion for the feet; a footstool. foot-ěd, a. [Eng. foot; -ed.] Provided or sup plied with feet; generally in composition, as four footed. sin, as; expect, Xenophon, exist. ph = f. footer *foot'-er, 8. [Eng. foot ; -er .] In falconry, applied to a hawk which seizes its prey with its talons. foot-fall, s. [Eng. foot, and fall.] A footstep; a tread of the foot. [Eng. *foot-fast, *fote-fest, *fote-feste, a. foot , and fast .] Captive; in captivity. foot-fat, a. [Eng. foot , and fat .] Farr.: An epithet applied to a horse whose hoof is so thin and weak as to be unfit for shoeing. *foot'-fight ( gh silent), 8. [Eng. foot , and fight .] A fight on foot, as distinguished from one fought on horseback. *foot-folk (l silent), *fote-folke, *foote-folk, s . [Eng. foot , and folk ; Dan. fodfolk ; Sw. fotfolk .] Persons traveling on foot; poor people. ( Richard Cœur de Lion, 4,529.) *foot-fol-low-er, *foot-fol-o-wer, s. [English foot , and follower .] An attendant. *foot-geld, s. [Eng. foot , and A. S. geld =a compensation.] Old Law : An amerciament for not expeditating or cutting out the balls of dogs' feet in a forest. *foot-grin, *foot-grene, s. [ Eng.foot , and grin (2), s.] A snare, a trap.