Term Gallery logo

Meanings of footlight in English

Russian
рампа
Spanish
luz de candilejas
Wikidata

Part of stage lighting.

Related terms
рампа
Synonyms
Examples for "ramp"
Examples for "ramp"
1
The ramp up in development increases Post's business risk in our view.
Reuters
2
I certainly don't think we should ramp up the number of inspections.
The Guardian
3
Mr Niedenthal said mosquito prevention needs to ramp up again in Majuro.
Radio NZ
4
Ahead is a wide concrete ramp leading down to the loading area.
Mr. Mercedes
5
OPEC officials have rejected calls from consumer nations to ramp up production.
Reuters
Usage of footlight in English
1
A reflection, or footlight, will enhance the beauty of the picture.
Entertainments for Home, Church and School
2
Temptation in the footlight world is strong, but a woman's pride is stronger.
The Complete Works of Brann, the Iconoclast — Volume 10
3
His cap looked like a solitary green footlight.
A Confederacy of Dunces
4
What nice girl would care to see her picture neighbored by ballet dancers and footlight favorites in a young man's rooms!
Mother's Remedies / Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies ...
5
There's far more heroism in the attitude of men out here than in the footlight attitude that journalists paint for the public.
Carry On: Letters in War-Time
6
Fancy the attraction-anemperor before the footlights; but fancy the boredom also.
Imperial Purple
7
They were of the middle class of the people of the footlights.
The Complete Works of Brann, the Iconoclast — Volume 10
8
The portrait of a queen of the footlights leaped into the air.
Ben Blair / The Story of a Plainsman
9
Eileen dropped out her junior year to hit the footlights on Broadway.
Speaking in Bones
10
The proscenium stage was large and lit with footlights on each side.
New york: the novel
11
The lust for the footlights' glare grew lurid in his mothish eye.
The Works of Max Beerbohm
12
The footlights are between and they give a sense of separation-andprotection.
Destiny
13
The big screen hangs high on a stage decked out with footlights.
The Irish Times
14
No footlights, but tragedy-mightier ,ghastlierthan Ristori or Edwin Booth ever acted.
The Abominations of Modern Society
15
The edge of the counter is more sacred than the footlights.
The Grim Smile of the Five Towns
16
The footlights were moving forward toward the street of the market.
O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1921
Frequent collocations
Translations for footlight
Russian
рампа
Footlight through the time