"footlight" meaning in English

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          "text": "You see, she was gonna be an actress / And I was gonna learn to fly / She took off to find the footlights / I took off to find the sky",
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        "A stage light located at the front edge of the stage that illuminates the actors from foot level up."
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          "roman": "rampa",
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          "word": "feux de la rampe"
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          "sense": "stage light",
          "word": "足下"
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          "sense": "stage light",
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