Hypertext Webster Gateway: "footfall"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Footfall \Foot"fall`\, n.
A setting down of the foot; a footstep; the sound of a
footstep. --Shak.
Seraphim, whose footfalls tinkled on the tufted floor.
--Poe.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
footfall
n : the sound of a step of someone walking; "he heard footsteps
on the porch" [syn: {footstep}, {step}]
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