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claw foot

noun

  1. a foot with claws.
  2. a representation of the claws of an animal or bird, especially on the foot of a piece of furniture.
  3. a pathological distortion of the human foot, consisting chiefly of an abnormally high longitudinal arch.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of claw foot1

First recorded in 1815–25
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Example Sentences

The name hollow claw-foot appropriately indicates the clinical appearances.

The articles are those six ball-and-claw-foot chairs with violin backs.

He used the ball-and-claw foot with the cabriole leg: this was succeeded by the straight leg.

He was a big, brawny, black Yankee with a claw foot look in his eyes.

There were so many that they filled all the chairs and the long claw-foot sofa besides.

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