first footing

See also: first-footing

English

Alternative forms

• first-footing

Etymology

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

Noun

first footing (uncountable)

1. (Scotland) 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.

See also

• first-foot