footing

• Climbing around in that place where the footing was so uncertain had taken both his wind and his strength, and he was panting, and his knees shook beneath him. —  Dave Porter in the Gold Fields The Search for the Landslide Mine
• Wherever a footing was gained in the Russian lines, there a few minutes ferocious hand-to-hand męlée developed--Saxon and Slav at death grips--the intruders were expelled or hacked down. —  The Story of the Great War, Volume V (of 12) Neuve Chapelle, Battle of Ypres, Przemysl, Mazurian Lakes
• He has paid his footing--every man has to pay it, sooner or later--to life and experience, and personal acquaintance with the thou shalt not which, for cause unknown, goes for so almighty much in this very queer business of human existence. —  The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance
• It provided better footing, and it led away from the chaos at Cynthiana. —  Ride Proud, Rebel!
• The Royal Navy being thus placed on a more respectable footing, the spirit of enterprise was encouraged among private persons, and trade once more flourished Considerable progress was made by the East India Company, and, in 1610, Sir Henry Middleton sailed with a larger fleet than had ever before been despatched to that part of the world. —  How Britannia Came to Rule the Waves Updated to 1900

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