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footstep(dictionary)

footstep (iou)



footstep noun. ME.
[from FOOT noun + STEP noun1.]
An impression made by a foot, a footprint. Now chiefly fig. in follow in a person's footsteps, walk in a person's footsteps, follow a person's example, take the same course of action as a person. ME.
A step or tread of the foot. M16.
b. A distance covered in a step. Now rare. L18.
A step on which to place the foot to ascend or descend. L16.
b. Chiefly Hist. A footboard for a printing-press operator. L17.
c. A bearing to sustain the foot of a vertical shaft or spindle. Also footstep bearing. M19.
A vestige, a trace. L16-L18.