footpace

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The Cossacks rode forward silently, now at a footpace, then at a trot, and these changes were the only incidents that interrupted for a moment the stillness and solemnity of their movements.

From The Cossacks by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

Dolokhov was a long time mounting his horse which would not stand still, then he rode out of the yard at a footpace.

From War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

Rostov rode on at a footpace not knowing why or to whom he was now going.

From War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

The altar, where a weekly requiem had been said for them, was gone, and the footpace and piscina alone showed where it had stood.

From By What Authority? by Benson, Robert Hugh

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 Masson, David