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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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