footmanship

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   The post or position of footman

   The post or position of footman; the skill or art of a footman.

   • As the precious ‘lad’ grew older, and divers indoor potentates died off, the housekeeper had power to push her nephew on to pageship, footmanship, and divers other similar crafts, even to the final post of butler […]
   • […] I think […] you’d better change your work for something out of doors, where I won’t trouble you so much. Can you do anything else but footmanship?
2. 2

   The skill or ability to run (of humans or animals).

   • Both twaine of them doe straine themselues and lay on footemanship, Who may best runne with all his force the tother to outstrip,
   • I’ll raise a kennel of hounds, shall hunt him so, As all his footmanship shall scarce prevail To keep his carcase from their bloody fangs.

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