Meanings
nounfoot-light (plural foot-lights)
plural foot-lights
- Dated spelling of footlight.
"A most unsubstantial one!" cried the actress: "give me the praise that rings upon the ear; the applause that comes over the foot-lights!...
1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, pages 202–203
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “foot-light,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/foot-light.
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