The fall of the foot on the ground in walking; a footstep, tread.
1610. Shaks., Temp., II. ii. 12.
| Like Hedg-hogs, which | |
| Lye tumbling in my bare-foote way, and mount | |
| Their pricks at my foot-fall. |
1826. Scott, Jrnl. 18 May. For weeks you could have heard a foot-fall. Oh, my God!
1873. Black, Pr. Thule, xxvi. 435. He did not hear her approach, her footfall was so light.
