Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Footstep \Foot"step`\, n.
   1. The mark or impression of the foot; a track; hence,
      visible sign of a course pursued; token; mark; as, the
      footsteps of divine wisdom.

            How on the faltering footsteps of decay Youth
            presses.                              --Bryant.

   2. An inclined plane under a hand printing press.

Source : WordNet®

footstep
     n 1: the sound of a step of someone walking; "he heard footsteps
          on the porch" [syn: {footfall}, {step}]
     2: the act of taking a step in walking
     3: the distance covered by a step; "he stepped off ten paces
        from the old tree and began to dig" [syn: {pace}, {step},
        {stride}]