footlights

/ (ˈfʊtˌlaɪts) /


pl ntheatre
  1. lights set in a row along the front of the stage floor and shielded on the audience side

  2. informal the acting profession; the stage

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How to use footlights in a sentence

  • Already a stage-hand was turning up the footlights and dragging chairs and tables hither and thither.

    In Search of the Unknown | Robert W. Chambers
  • They came close to the footlights and placed huge piles of stage money side by side.

    The Boy Grew Older | Heywood Broun
  • In front are the footlights, a row of earthenware bowls filled with oil, with a lighted wick floating in each one.