foot-light

English

Noun

foot-light (plural foot-lights)

1. 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!...