1945 September and October, C. Hamilton Ellis, “Royal Trains—V”, inRailway Magazine, pages251–252:
[…] on October 29, 1888, the Russian imperial train was derailed at Borki by defective track, and twenty-one persons were killed. Although these did not include the Emperor Alexander III, who escaped with a bruising, afootman serving coffee to him at the critical moment, and his dog, which was lying on the floor beside him, were both killed on the spot.
And no use for anyone to tell Charles that this was because the Family was in mourning for Mr Granville Darracott[…]: Charles might only have been secondfootman at Darracott Place for a couple of months when that disaster occurred, but no one could gammon him into thinking that my lord cared a spangle for his heir.
2023 September 23, Tim Hayward, “Not so easy does it”, inFT Weekend, Life & Arts, page19:
Reading their accounts, you can't help feeling they got a more thrilling frisson from sharing a pot of home-made stew without afootman than they took in any of their convoluted couplings.
(historical) A servant whoruns in front of his master's carriage.
2016, Anna Keay, chapter 8, inThe Last Royal Rebel, London: Bloomsbury:
When he travelled by coach the vehicle was accompanied by his liveriedfootmen running alongside to ensure its smooth passage (footmen would not be indoor servants until a century later).
A metallic stand with four feet, for keeping anything warm before a fire.
Amoth of the familyArctiidae (or subfamilyArctiinae); -- so called from its livery-like colors.
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