hoof-mark

It is a kenspeckle hoof-mark, for the shoe was made by old Eckie of

The Monastery 2008

We whinnied like horses and charged up and down, every hoof-mark written behind us.

Cider With Rosie Lee, Laurie 1959

Of daylight there yet remained a scant two hours in which we could hope to distinguish a hoof-mark.

Raw Gold A Novel Bertrand W. Sinclair 1926

Two stones still mark the leap from hoof-mark to hoof-mark, and they are eleven good paces apart.

Sir Nigel Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1906

He proceeded towards the nearest cave, to see if any tracks pointed in that direction, but he found that every hoof-mark led from the cave and none towards it.

The History of Rome, Vol. I 1905

That morning Yan went to the mud albums on one of his regular rounds and again found, first that curious hoof-mark that had puzzled him before, and down by the pond album the track of a very large bird -- much like a Turkey track, indeed.

Two Little Savages Being the adventures of two boys who lived as Indians and what they learned Ernest Thompson Seton 1903

Here and there the rabbit runways, packed into hard little paths, crossed the road and disappeared under the thick spruces and balsams; here and there, the sly, single track of the fox, or the deep hoof-mark of the deer, led off into unknown depths on either side.

Glengarry School Days: a story of early days in Glengarry Ralph Connor 1898

Two stones still mark the leap from hoof-mark to hoof-mark, and they are eleven good paces apart.

Sir Nigel Arthur Conan Doyle 1894

No doubt of it; but the first business of those wanderers, after they reached the spring and unhitched their mule-teams, was to carefully examine every hoof-mark and foot-print they could find.

The Talking Leaves An Indian Story William Osborn Stoddard 1880

Unhappily church and cloister were delivered over to be "restored" by that arch-wrecker, Abbadie, who has done such incalculable mischief in Perigord and the Angoumois, and his hoof-mark is visible here.

Castles and Cave Dwellings of Europe 1879