Hoofprint

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The mark of a hoof.

    "Perhaps, like us, he may journey for a fortnight, and see not so much as the hoof-print of a deer; in the spring, not even a prairie-hen is to be had. Yet, to compensate him for this unlooked-for deficiency of game he will find himself beset with 'warmints' innumerable."

  2. 2
    a visible impression on a surface made by the hoof of an animal wordnet

Example

More examples

"Can you recognize a horse's hoofprint?"

Etymology

From hoof + print.

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