noun.
A tread of the foot; a footfall; a stepping: as, I hear his footstep on the stair.
noun.
The mark or impression of a foot; a footprint; a track.
noun.
Hence plural The steps taken or methods pursued in any series of actions; a course of proceedings or measures, or the track or path marked out by such a course: as, the conqueror's footsteps were everywhere marked by blood; to follow the footsteps or in the footsteps of one's predecessor.
noun.
An evidence or token of anything done; a manifest mark or indication.
noun.
In mech.: The pillow in which the foot of an upright or vertical shaft works.
noun.
An inclined plane under a hand printing-press.