Meanings
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1
noun
A walking pace or step.
We went at a foot-pace, but on the way back we trotted, and there was something to my mind singularly horrible in the way the driver of the hearse whipped up his horses.
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2
noun
A dais, or elevated platform; the highest step of the altar; a landing in a staircase.
The king has laid his crown on the ground beside him , and the covered box which represents his present stands on the footpace.
Etymology
From foot + pace.