pedipulations

Noun

pedipulation (usually uncountable, plural pedipulations)

1. (rare, usually) Dexterous manipulation of objects using the feet.
   • It is a rather amusing sight to see the native and his "lubra," or wife. . . . [T]heir remarkable power of pedipulation is a serviceable agent to them, for any small article which excites their cupidity they can take up with the toe, pass it up the back, and then conceal it in the girdle.1853 Jan. to June, "Notes upon Australia," The British Journal, p. 315 (Google preview)
2. (countable, rare, usually) An instance of such manipulation.
   • At their turning-lathes, they employ their toes to guide the chisel; and, in these pedipulations, shew to Europeans a diverting degree of address.1813, “Customs, Manners, and present Appearance of Constantinople”, in The New Annual Register, or General Repository of History, Politics, and Literature for the year 1812, page 179