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Spoor

//spʊə// name, noun, verb

Definitions

Proper Noun

1
An occupational surname from Middle English

Noun

1
The track, trail, droppings, or scent of an animal. uncountable, usually
"We all stopped to examine that monstrous spoor. If it were indeed a bird - and what animal could leave such a mark? - its foot was so much larger than an ostrich's that its height upon the same scale must be enormous."
2
the trail left by a person or an animal; what the hunter follows in pursuing game wordnet

Verb

1
To track (an animal) by following its spoor. transitive

Etymology

Etymology 1

Early 19th century, from Afrikaans spoor, from Dutch spoor (“track”). Akin to Old English and Old Norse spor (whence Danish spor), and German Spur, all from Proto-Germanic *spurą. Compare spurn.

Etymology 2

Early 19th century, from Afrikaans spoor, from Dutch spoor (“track”). Akin to Old English and Old Norse spor (whence Danish spor), and German Spur, all from Proto-Germanic *spurą. Compare spurn.

Etymology 3

From the Dutch and English surname, from the noun spur. From being a maker of spurs.

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