Haut-le-pied

French-English Dictionary of Military Terms · 1918 · p. 3

Spare. Vagabond.—Cheval haut-le-pied. Spare horse (unsaddled).—Grenadier haut-le-pied. Spare man of bombing party.—Faire haut-le-pied. ’To bolt (of a horse). To vanish, to clear out. [p.298]