catsfootEtymologyFrom cat's + foot. For its obsolete figurative sense, see cat's-paw.nounSynonym of cat's-paw: a foot of a cat; (figurative, obsolete) a person used unwittingly or through trickery by another.“...like the Monkey, that took the Cat's Foot to pull the Chesnut out of the Fire...”Synonym of ground ivy (Glechoma hederacea).“It is commonly called […] in English ground Iuie, Alehoofe, Gill creepe by ground, Tunehoofe, and Cats foote.”Synonym of mountain cudweed (Antennaria dioica).“...an Infusion made with the Heads of White Poppies, Cat's-foot, Colt's-foot, and Maiden-hair.”