hoofmark

See also: hoof-mark

English

Etymology

hoof +‎ mark

Noun

hoofmark (plural hoofmarks)

  1. The imprint made by a hoof; a hoofprint.
    • 1924, Robinson Jeffers, Tamar, in The Selected Poetry of Robinson Jeffers, Random House, 1937, p. 38,
      […] he looked for tracks / On the ridge where he had seen the riders cantering, / And not a bush was broken, not a hoof-mark / Scarred the sear grass.
    • 1992, Toni Morrison, Jazz, Vintage, 2004, p. 130,
      Little half moons clustered underneath her cheekbones, like faint hoofmarks.

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