隣村まで足にのばす。

隣村：the neighboring village 足：foot/leg のばす：aside from growing a beard...
stretch, extend...

The best I could think is that it's like a literary way of saying you're
heading out (extending your foot) to the neighboring village? I don't trust
myself to not miss some special meaning or usage though, so does anyone else
have some insight?

本当にありがとうございます！
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隣村まで足にのばす。Best way to interpret this sentence?
Although there is no specific context given for this example sentence (as you
have said,) I wonder if the idea of this sentence could be something like:

> 隣村まで足にのばす。
>
> (I will) spread (the cream or medicine?) on my foot/leg until (I get to) the
> next town.

in the case that, perhaps, the subject of the sentence was injured somewhere
outdoors and had some cream or medicine to temporarily help the injury? Or
perhaps the cream is sunscreen?

_The overall meaning of this example sentence depends on the missing (or
implied) information, though..._

* * *

**Update:** _As the original example sentence ended up being a little
different in reality than in the original question, I would look toward
@marasai's answer. Maybe this answer (as it is now) could be an example of how
much sentence meanings can potentially change when different particles are
used..._
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隣村まで足にのばす doesn't make any sense.

足 **を** 伸ばす is a idiom that means "[go a little
further](http://eow.alc.co.jp/search?q=%E8%B6%B3%E3%82%92%E4%BC%B8%E3%81%B0%E3%81%99&ref=sa)".

> あしをのばす【足を伸ばす】
>
> ① 楽な姿勢をとってくつろぐ。 ② ある地点に着いたあと，さらにそこから遠くへ行く。

<http://kotobank.jp/word/%E8%B6%B3%E3%82%92%E4%BC%B8%E3%81%B0%E3%81%99>

> 博多から足を伸ばして唐津まで行った. From Hakata we went a little way further to [we extended
> our journey as far as] Karatsu.

<http://ejje.weblio.jp/content/%E8%B6%B3%E3%82%92%E4%BC%B8%E3%81%B0%E3%81%99>
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