Hoofs

//hufs// noun, verb

noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    plural of hoof form-of, plural

    "The two cart-horses, Boxer and Clover, came in together, walking very slowly and setting down their vast hairy hoofs with great care[…]"

Verb
  1. 1
    third-person singular simple present indicative of hoof form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person

Example

More examples

"And indeed no bullock nor cow would ever be in danger of drowning if it were not that the horn of their hoofs becomes softened by the water. To this fact many channels of the sea testify, such as that which even now is called the Bosphorus, meaning the oxen's ford."

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