ball-and-claw foot

[ bawl-uhn-klaw ]

nounFurniture.
  1. a foot having the form of a bird's claw grasping a ball.

Origin of ball-and-claw foot

1
First recorded in 1900–05

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

    The Old Furniture Book | N. Hudson Moore