footlight
footlight noun: a stage light located at the front edge of the stage that illuminates the actors from foot level up.
Noun
footlight (plural footlights)
- A stage light located at the front edge of the stage that illuminates the actors from foot level up.
- You see, she was gonna be an actress / And I was gonna learn to fly / She took off to find the footlights / I took off to find the sky1972, Harry Chapin, “Taxi”, in Heads & Tales
- Blinded to the astonishment of a thousand spectators by the force of the footlights, [Derek] Jacobi realised he'd dried.2024 June 1, John Phipps, “The lamentable true history of the Red Hamlet”, in FT Weekend (Life & Arts section), London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 18
footlight meaning in Tamil and Kannada
footlight in Tamil
- காலடி விளக்கு
footlight in Kannada
- ಅಡಿಬೆಳಕು, ಕೆಳಬೆಳಕು
Forms of footlight
| plural | footlights |
|---|---|
| alternative form | foot-light |
Origin of footlight
From foot + light.
Words formed from footlight
Questions about footlight
- What does footlight mean?
- Footlight means a stage light located at the front edge of the stage that illuminates the actors from foot level up.
- What is footlight in Tamil?
- Footlight in Tamil is காலடி விளக்கு. See Footlight meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is footlight?
- Footlight is a noun.
- What is the plural of footlight?
- The plural of footlight is footlights.
Words near footlight in the dictionary
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