Usually means: Stage lighting near the floor.
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We found 13 dictionaries that define the word footlight:

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  1. footlight: Merriam-Webster
  2. Footlight, footlight: Wordnik
  3. footlight: Wiktionary
  4. footlight: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  5. footlight: Infoplease Dictionary
  6. Footlight, footlight: Dictionary.com
  7. Footlight (typeface), Footlight: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. Footlight: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  9. footlight: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  10. footlight: Rhymezone
  11. Footlight: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  12. footlight: FreeDictionary.org
  13. Footlight: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (footlight)

▸ noun:  A stage light located at the front edge of the stage that illuminates the actors from foot level up.

Similar:
foot-light, footcandle, foot-candle, forefoot, foglight, front foot, floodlight, foc's'le lamp, foothole, foot, more...

Opposite:
backlight, upstage, background

Types:
paraffin, oil, kerosene, gasoline, electric, more...

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Similar:
foot-light, footcandle, foot-candle, forefoot, foglight, front foot, floodlight, foc's'le lamp, foothole, foot, more...

Opposite:
backlight, upstage, background

Types:
paraffin, oil, kerosene, gasoline, electric, more...



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