snail pace

snail pace (plural snail paces)

1. Alternative form of snail's pace.
   • 1912 January, Zane Grey, chapter 8, in Riders of the Purple Sage […], New York, N.Y., London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, →OCLC:

     Once upon the stone he slowed to snail pace, straining his sight to avoid the pockets and holes.

• Asclepian, Pascaline, Plaisance, Plasencia, apsacline, caesalpin, plaisance, spalacine