spade foot
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.32 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Alternative form of spadefoot.
Example Sentences
- "There also is the potential to disturb or destroy specific sites used by such species as the western diamond back rattlesnake, spade foot toad, and the desert tortoise."
- "The spade foot leg may be used as an alternate design."
- "Also, the glazing pattern of the bookcase traces simple diamonds rather than more elaborate arches or other curved elements, and the tapered legs end without a spade foot or an additional taper at the cuff."
- "First was his straight tapered leg, sometimes with a spade foot, at other times tipped in brass."
- "Nevertheless, one foot is generally used in preference to the other in such movements as digging (hence sometimes called the spade foot), in hopping, in making a leap, &c."
- "Rife says as regards the spade foot, "the fact is always overlooked that the foot used in spading is determined entirely by the bimanual dextrality""