Footfall

Alternative forms

 * foot-fall

Pronunciation

 * Received Pronunciation: /ˈfʊtˌfɔːl/
 * General American: /ˈfʊtˌfɑl/

Etymology
foot + fall

Noun

 * 1)  The sound made by a footstep.
 * 2) * 1611, William Shakespeare, The Tempest, act 2, sc. 2,
 * . . . like hedgehogs which
 * Lie tumbling in my barefoot way and mount
 * Their pricks at my footfall.
 * 1) * 1916, Rabindranath Tagore, "The Hungry Stones," in The Hungry Stones And Other Stories,
 * I heard many footfalls, as if a large number of persons were rushing down the steps.
 * 1)  Foot (pedestrian) traffic.
 * 2) * 1883, Robert Louis Stevenson, The Silverado Squatters, ch. 1,
 * This stir of change and these perpetual echoes of the moving footfall, haunt the land. Men move eternally, still chasing Fortune.
 * 1) * 2008, "Bargains galore in battle of the high street," The Scotsman, 9 Dec. (retrieved 11 Dec. 2008),
 * With high-street stores desperate to increase footfall and buck the financial downturn, retailers have started issuing discount vouchers.
 * With high-street stores desperate to increase footfall and buck the financial downturn, retailers have started issuing discount vouchers.

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