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footfall

[ foo t-fawl ]

/ ˈfʊtˌfɔl /

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noun

a footstep.

the sound of footsteps: She heard a footfall on the stairs.

Origin of footfall

First recorded in 1600–10; foot + fall

Words nearby footfall

footcare, footcloth, foote, footed, footer, footfall, footfault, footframe, footgear, foothill, foothold

Example sentences from the Web for footfall

The illustrious dead slept beneath the hollow pavement, which echoed to my footfall like a vaulted sepulchre.

The South-West |Joseph Holt Ingraham
But just at the moment there was a quick, descending 92 footfall on the stair and the door opened.

Radio Boys Loyalty |Wayne Whipple
Suddenly the faintest possible creak of a footfall on the floor behind him.

Renshaw Fanning's Quest |Bertram Mitford
In the twilight of the unlighted streets scarce a footfall is heard.

Current History, Vol. VIII, No. 3, June 1918 |Various

Every footfall accelerated the completion, without augmenting, the certainty of evil.

Wieland; or The Transformation |Charles Brockden Brown

British Dictionary definitions for footfall

footfall

/ (ˈfʊtˌfɔːl) /

noun

the sound of a footstep