footpace
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He had clothed himself in mean apparel, and rode at a footpace straight to the city, where dwelt the daughter of the King.
From French Mediaeval Romances from the Lays of Marie de France by Marie de France
At the upper end, upon a footpace and carpet, stood the Protector, with a chair of state behind him, and divers of his Council and servants about him.
From The Life of John Milton, Volume 5 (of 7), 1654-1660 by David Masson
To readers whose taste for fiction has been cloyed by novels full of incident, movement, and compression, nothing could be more maddening than the leisurely footpace at which the story drags its slow length along.
From The Life and Romances of Mrs. Eliza Haywood by George Frisbie Whicher
It came at a footpace past the wicket-gate of the station, and the doctor stopped it with a whisper.
From The Day's Work - Volume 1 by Rudyard Kipling
I made no answer—what answer had I to make?—and we rode at a footpace down the street; he and I leading, Clon and the shock-headed man bringing up the rear.
From Under the Red Robe by Stanley John Weyman
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