Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Footfall

/fo͝ot'-fôlˌ/ · Foot·fall · IPA /ˈfʊtˌfɔl/

01 n. A setting down of the foot; a footstep; the sound of a footstep.

1.
A setting down of the foot; a footstep; the sound of a footstep.
“Seraphim, whose footfalls tinkled on the tufted floor.” — Poe.