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footsure en · ADJ

Etymology

From foot + sure.

Meanings

1. Sure of one's footing; not stumbling or tripping while walking.
   • You can still visit that sky-high fortress that was said to have taken the lives of 20,000 men during the decade of its construction. You get there atop a small but footsure donkey led by energetic and equally footsure youngsters. 1994, George McDonald, Marylyn Springer, Frommer's Comprehensive Travel Guide, Cruises, 1995-1996, page 48:
2. Of flooring, etc.: antislip.
   • It makes floors footsure preventing slipping and skidding accidents. 1944, Modern Machine Shop, volume 17, page 263:

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