subs. (obsolete).—A posture (c. 1868) in walking: the head well forward and the small of the back well in: see GRECIAN BEND.
1870. Orchestra, 25 March, ‘Grand Comic Concert.’ The ladies have their Grecian bend, our typical gentlemen explains a correspondent masculine affectation which he dubs The ROMAN FALL.
1890. Answers, 8 Feb., 172, 2. Livingstone noticed that among the young bloods and sable patricians of Loanda a sort of ROMAN FALL seems to be practised, which consists of hobbling along as though encumbered by a load of ornaments.
