But of all his affectations the one with which I as taken most was to see one of his grooms approach him when he dismounted, to dust his wondrous clothes down to his shoes, which he wore in the splayed fashion set by the late King of France who was blessed with twelve toes on each of his deformed feet.
"The Shame of Motley"
Raphael Sabatini
All this I could see, because the high door with the spikes, that used to part the Dial-court from this place of common business, was fallen forward from its upper hinge, and splayed out so that I could put my fist through.
"Springhaven A Tale of the Great War"
R. D. Blackmore
As the wearer carried his hands stiffly splayed, the blemishes were obtrusive.
"The Unspeakable Perk"
Samuel Hopkins Adams