surefootedness
See also: sure-footedness
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From surefooted + -ness.
Noun
[edit]surefootedness (uncountable)
- The state or condition of being surefooted.
- Synonym: cat-footedness
- 1953 November, Cecil J. Allen, “British Locomotive Practice and Performance”, in Railway Magazine, page 760:
- Speaking of locomotive surefootedness, I was immensely impressed, on a recent journey with the down "Ulsterman" from Euston, when "Royal Scot" 4-6-0 No. 46168, The Girl Guide, cleanly lifted a well-filled 15-coach train of 471 tons tare and 500 tons gross out of the terminus without the service of any banking engine.