hoofmark

See also: hoof-mark

English

Etymology

From 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^[1], Random House, published 1937, page 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, published 2004, page 130:

     Little half moons clustered underneath her cheekbones, like faint hoofmarks.

Alternative forms

• hoof-mark