pieds-de-biche

pied-de-biche

[pee-ey-duh-beesh; French pyeyduh-beesh]
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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