foot-mark

At the door no foot-mark broke the drift; and against the vaporous sky no warmer vapor tufted the chimney-pots.

Mary Anerley Richard Doddridge 2004

This is evidently an original fossil foot-mark: no work of Indians.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 67, May, 1863 Various

I stood before the fire, that had been, still looking at that foot-mark; my brain was stunned and stupid, my heart beat slow and loud; I knew nothing, I felt nothing.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 16, February, 1859 Various

If you hit it whack on the top, it disappears in a foot-mark.

Punch, Or The London Charivari, Volume 102, January 16, 1892 Various

There was not much difficulty in tracking him; he had left his foot-mark and gone slowly up the winding footpath through the wood.

The Tale of Mr. Tod 1912

No foot-mark showed a trace of its nature, and only the overhanging branch of the enormous ginko tree suggested how it might have come and gone; but of its malevolent strength there was ample evidence in the condition of our stores.

The Lost World 1912

His feet grew numb, but he forbore stamping them into warmth lest the sound should strike panic within; nor would he leave the porch, nor print a foot-mark on the untrodden white that declared so absolutely how no human voices and hands could have approached the door since snow fell two hours or more ago.

The Were-Wolf Clemence Housman 1912

Robinson Crusoe found on the beach was only a human foot-mark.

Darkness and Dawn George Allan England 1906

Here nibbled twigs were found; there the stamping ground of a deer shelter; elsewhere the small, cleft foot-mark like the ace of hearts.

Pathfinders of the West Being the Thrilling Story of the Adventures of the Men Who Discovered the Great Northwest: Radisson, La Vérendrye, Lewis and Clark 1903

No squirrel track, no slim, sharp foot-mark of partridge, traversed the immaculate level.

Earth's Enigmas A Volume of Stories Charles George Douglas Roberts 1901