foot-light

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English

Noun

foot-light (plural foot-lights)

  1. Dated spelling of footlight.
    • 1837, L E L, Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. , volume III, London: Henry Colburn, , →OCLC, pages 202–203:
      "A most unsubstantial one!" cried the actress: "give me the praise that rings upon the ear; the applause that comes over the foot-lights!...