In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
UNDERFOOT
underfoot
(adverb) under the feet; “trampled the beans underfoot”; “green grass growing underfoot”
underfoot
(adverb) in the way and hindering progress; “a house with children and pets and toys always underfoot”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
underfoot (not comparable)
Situated under one's foot or feet.
In the way; placed so as to obstruct or hinder.
Downtrodden; abject.
Adverb
underfoot (not comparable)
Under one's foot or feet.
In the way; situated so as to obstruct or hinder.
Noun
underfoot (plural underfoots)
A storage compartment that sits below the deck of a boat.
Verb
underfoot (third-person singular simple present underfoots, present participle underfooting, simple past and past participle underfooted)
(transitive) To provide a footing beneath; to shore up or underpin.
(accounting) To assign a column summary that is less than the sum of all the entries in that column.
Source: Wiktionary
Un`der*foot", adv.
Definition: Under the feet; underneath; below. See Under foot, under Foot, n.
Un`der*foot", a.
Definition: Low; base; abject; trodden down.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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