pedal

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

PE'DAL, adjective [Latin pedalis, from pes, pedis, foot.] Pertaining to a foot. PED'AL, noun One of the large pipes of an organ, so called because played and stopped with the foot. 1. A fixed or stationary base.
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