Footstalk

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun The lower part of a millstone spindle. It rests in a step.

II. Footstalk ·noun The stalk of a leaf or of flower; a petiole, pedicel, or reduncle.

III. Footstalk ·noun The stem which supports which supports the eye in decapod Crustacea; eyestalk.

IV. Footstalk ·noun The peduncle or stem by which various marine animals are attached, as certain brachiopods and goose barnacles.