The first pace necessary for his majesty to make is to fall into
confidence with Spain.
Sir W. Temple.
7. (Arch.) A broad step or platform; any part of a floor slightly
raised above the rest, as around an altar, or at the upper end of a
hall.
8. (Weaving) A device in a loom, to maintain tension on the warp in
pacing the web.
Geometrical pace, the space from heel to heel between the spot where
one foot is set down and that where the same foot is again set down,
loosely estimated at five feet, or by some at four feet and two fifths.
See Roman pace in the Note under def. 2. [Obs.] -- To keep, or hold,
pace with, to keep up with; to go as fast as. "In intellect and
attainments he kept pace with his age." Southey.
Pace (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Paced (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Pacing (?).]
1. To go; to walk; specifically, to move with regular or measured
steps. "I paced on slowly." Pope. "With speed so pace." Shak.