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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

FOOT'FALL, n. A trip or stumble.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: the sound of a step of someone walking; "he heard footsteps on the porch" [syn: footfall, footstep, step]

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 1610 the sound of a footstep

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. the sound of a footstep.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Footfall Foot"fall`, n. A setting down of the foot; a footstep; the sound of a footstep. --Shak. Seraphim, whose footfalls tinkled on the tufted floor. --Poe.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(footfalls) A footfall is the sound that is made by someone walking each time they take a step. (LITERARY) She heard the priest's familiar, flat footfall on the staircase. N-COUNT

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Footstep, tread, step, sound of one's step.