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foot-pound (plural foot-pounds)

1. (physics, deprecated abbreviation) foot⋅pound-force, a unit of work, energy, or torque.

   Alternative form: ft-lb (symbol)

   • 1958 July, R. K. Kirkland, “Into the Mountains on the Festiniog Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 450:

     If the F.R. ever expands its administration to include a statistician, his figure for net foot-pounds of elbow grease per trailing ton-mile are going to look quite impressive.