foot-light

English

Noun

foot-light (plural foot-lights)

Dated spelling of footlight.
- 1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], 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!...

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