ball-and-claw foot
[ bawl-uhn-klaw ]
nounFurniture.
a foot having the form of a bird's claw grasping a ball.
Origin of ball-and-claw foot
1First recorded in 1900–05
- Also called claw-and-ball foot.
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How to use ball-and-claw foot in a sentence
The articles are those six ball-and-claw-foot chairs with violin backs.
The Boss of Little Arcady | Harry Leon WilsonHe used the ball-and-claw foot with the cabriole leg: this was succeeded by the straight leg.
The Old Furniture Book | N. Hudson Moore
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