footlight

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footlight

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From foot + light.

noun footlights · foot-light

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 sky

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noun stage light

日本語	足下 ashimoto
Français	feux de la rampe

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@misc{footlight_2026,
  title = {footlight},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/footlight},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}