pieds de biche

noun, plural pieds-de-biche

[pee-eyz-duh-beesh; French pyeyduh-beesh] . Furniture.

a termination to a leg, consisting of a slight outward curve ending in the semblance of a cloven hoof.

Also called hoof foot.

Origin:
< French: literally, doe's foot

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