Definition of "footstep" []

• A step with the foot. (noun)
• The sound of a foot stepping. Also called footfall. (noun)
• The distance covered by a step: a footstep away. (noun)
• See footprint. (noun)
• A step on which to go up or down. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "He notes that, ‘A series of footsteps, for instance, can form a single experienced event, despite the fact that each footstep is a separate sound.’"
• "[ "Ah! faint are her limbs, and her footstep is weary,"] 5."
• "Jimmy's first emotion on hearing the footstep was the crude instinct of self-preservation."