elephantine-footed

Updated: June 23, 2025

In the cloistered galleries of the court-yard Clarence sometimes felt himself borne down by the protecting weight of this paternal hand; in the midnight silence of the dormitory he fancied he was often conscious of the soft browsing tread and snuffly muffled breathing of his elephantine-footed mentor. His relations with his school-fellows were at first far from pleasant.

Bret Harte - A Waif of the Plains