footlights Hear it!

footlights definition

foot·lights (fo̵ot′līts′)

plural noun

a row of lights along the front of a stage at the actors' foot level, formerly common in stage lighting
footlights Idioms

the footlights

the theater, or acting as a profession

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Comments
Improve this definition.
Do you have more to add? Share your linguistic knowledge or observation.
/Register to save your comments.