Definition of "footstep"

footstep

/ˈfʊtstɛp/

noun
plural footsteps
1. The mark or impression left by a foot; a track.
2. (by extension, sometimes figurative) The indications or waypoints of a course or direction taken.
3. The sound made by walking, running etc.
4. A step, as in a stair.
5. The distance between one foot and the next when walking; a pace.
6. The act of taking a step.
  Quotations
  God moves in a myſterious way, / His wonders to perform; / He plants his footſteps in the ſea, / And rides upon the ſtorm.
  1780, William Cowper, “Light Shining out of Darkneſs”, in Twenty-ſix Letters on Religious Subjects […] To which are added Hymns […] ‎, 4th edition, page 252
7. (obsolete) An inclined plane under a hand printing press.