hind foot

See also: hindfoot

English

Noun

hind foot (plural hind feet)

1. Alternative form of hindfoot.
   • 1890, Mary Boyle, “Billy and Bully”, in Æsop Redivivus, London: Field & Tuer, The Leadenhall Press, […]; Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co., Ltd; New York, N.Y.: Scribner & Welford, […], →OCLC, page 66:

     “Hist! there is a Lion Looking at us.” / “Where?” / “Behind you—don’t look. He thinks that we Cannot See him.” / “My hind foot is lame,” said the Bull. “My corns are Troubling me, I cannot go, so don’t leave me, Billy.”

   • 1939, Robert Davis, “The General’s Horse”, in Padre Porko: The Gentlemanly Pig, [New York, N.Y.]: Holiday House, →OCLC, page 15:

     With a skillful movement of his left hind foot the Padre kicked dry branches upon the fire.

   • 1963, The Gordons [i.e., Mildred Gordon and Gordon Gordon], chapter 4, in Undercover Cat: The Lighthearted Story of the Cat Who Became an FBI Informant, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday & Company, Inc., →LCCN, page 23:

     He sat up on his hind feet and stuck out a paw.