Definitions
the sound of a step of someone walking
Word origin
From foot (“part of the human leg below the ankle”) + fall (“act of moving to a lower position under the effect of gravity”, noun).
Used in a sentence
“[L]ike Hedg-hogs vvhich / Lye tumbling in my bare-foote vvay, and mount / Their pricks at my foot-fall: ſometime am I / All vvound vvith Adders, vvho vvith clouen tongues / Doe hiſſe me into madneſſe: […]”
“They are treading fast and thick. For weeks you could have heard a foot-fall.”
“At last I slid off into a light doze, and had pretty nearly made a good offing towards the land of Nod, when I heard a heavy footfall in the passage, and saw a glimmer of light come into the room from under the door.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Sound of a step”8 letters
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