English Explanatory Dictionary

first footing

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The practice, during Hogmanay, of visiting friends and family, especially to be the first person to cross a home's threshold after midnight on New Year's Eve bearing a small gift.

Word forms

first footing first-footing

Etymology

From Scots tae first-fit (“to be the first to visit at the new year”, literally “to first-foot”).

Related words

first-foot
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