Any of a row of lights placed along the front edge of a stage, on a level with the feet of the performers, and used to illuminate the performance…

The intense white light produced by heating a piece of lime in an oxyhydrogen flame. Also called Drummond light (see Drummond light at Drummond, n.…

Theatre. In plural. The footlights; collective singular the row of footlights.

A bright lamp designed to cast a narrow and intense beam directly on to a person or place; the light cast by such a lamp. Cf. limelight, n.

a row of gas-jets on the floor of a theatre-stage.

= limelight, n. Frequently in plural. Also (in singular) attributive. in the lime (Australian): in the limelight.

= baby spotlight n.

Theatre. A stage light which produces an amber-coloured light. Now rare.

A lamp casting a narrow and intense beam; a spotlight. Also: the light cast by such a lamp.

(a) Theatre any device to provide diffused stage lighting by mounting several lamps in a row, as on a batten, in a trough, etc.; (b) a lighting…

Theatre. A platform from which lights are directed on to the front of the stage; (in plural) the lights placed on this platform.

a spotlight that follows a performer on the stage; also figurative.

Film. slang. A small spotlight (see quot. 1937). rare.

Originally Theatre. A small, powerful spotlight for the precise illumination of a small area.