hoofmark en · NOUN
Etymology
From hoof + mark.
Meanings
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The imprint made by a hoof; a hoofprint.
Little half moons clustered underneath her cheekbones, like faint hoofmarks.
1992, Toni Morrison, Jazz, Vintage, published 2004, page 130:[…] 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.
1924, Robinson Jeffers, “Tamar”, in The Selected Poetry of Robinson Jeffers, Random House, published 1937, page 38:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| hoofmarks | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| hoof-mark | alternative | lexicographic |