footing

1. (dated) A tread; step; especially, a measured tread.Examples: "Hark, I hear the footing of a man."countabledateduncountable

2. (rare) A footprint or footprints; tracks, someone's trail.Examples: "The Monster swift as word, that from her went, Went forth in hast, and did her footing trace[…]."; "A man must doe as some wilde beasts, which at the entrance of their caves, will have no manner of footing seene."; "So he marched his army along the river with seven legions, little less than four thousand horse, and as many light-armed soldiers, and the scouts returning declared that not one man appeared, but that they saw the footing of a great many horses which seemed to be retiring in flight, whereupon Crassus conceived great hopes, and the Romans began to despise the Parthians, as men that would not come to combat, hand to hand."countablerareuncountable

3. (architecture, engineering) The thickened or sloping portion of a wall, or of an embankment at its foot; foundation.countableuncountable

4. (accounting) A double-check of the numbers vertically.countableuncountable