FOOTLIGHT

Etymology

Noun

footlight (plural footlights)

A stage light located at the front edge of the stage that illuminates the actors from foot level up.

Hypernyms

• light

Anagrams

• Lightfoot, lightfoot

Source: Wiktionary


Foot"light`, n.

Definition: One of a row of lights in the front of the stage in a theater, etc., and on a level therewith. Before the footlights, upon the stage; -- hence, in the capacity of an actor.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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