"footmeal" meaning in English

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Adverb

Etymology: From Middle English footmele, fotmelen, from Old English fōtmǣlum (“step by step, by degrees”), dative plural of Old English fōtmǣl (“a foot-measure, one foot”), equivalent to foot + -meal. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|footmele}} Middle English footmele, {{m|enm|fotmelen}} fotmelen, {{inh|en|ang|fōtmǣlum|t=step by step, by degrees}} Old English fōtmǣlum (“step by step, by degrees”), {{der|en|ang|fōtmǣl|t=a foot-measure, one foot}} Old English fōtmǣl (“a foot-measure, one foot”), {{af|en|foot|-meal}} foot + -meal Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} footmeal (not comparable)
  1. (rare) Step by step: incrementally, little by little, by degrees, one foot (measure) at a time. Tags: not-comparable, rare Categories (topical): Units of measure
    Sense id: en-footmeal-en-adv-mBwULOS1 Disambiguation of Units of measure: 53 47 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -meal Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 66 34 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 66 34 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -meal: 64 36

Noun

Forms: footmeals [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English footmele, fotmelen, from Old English fōtmǣlum (“step by step, by degrees”), dative plural of Old English fōtmǣl (“a foot-measure, one foot”), equivalent to foot + -meal. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|footmele}} Middle English footmele, {{m|enm|fotmelen}} fotmelen, {{inh|en|ang|fōtmǣlum|t=step by step, by degrees}} Old English fōtmǣlum (“step by step, by degrees”), {{der|en|ang|fōtmǣl|t=a foot-measure, one foot}} Old English fōtmǣl (“a foot-measure, one foot”), {{af|en|foot|-meal}} foot + -meal Head templates: {{en-noun}} footmeal (plural footmeals)
  1. (obsolete, units of measure) A fotmal. Tags: obsolete Categories (topical): Units of measure Synonyms: little by little Related terms: piecemeal, stepmeal
    Sense id: en-footmeal-en-noun-gWkelkLF Disambiguation of Units of measure: 53 47 Topics: units-of-measure

Inflected forms

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