spoor

Noun

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

  1. the trail left by a person or an animal; what the hunter follows in pursuing game“the hounds followed the fox's spoor”
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Spoor \Spoor\ (sp[=oo]r), n. [D. spoor; akin to AS. spor, G. spur, and from the root of E. spur. [root]171. See Spur.] The track or trail of any wild animal; as, the spoor of an elephant; -- used originally by travelers in South Africa. [1913 Webster]
Spoor \Spoor\, v. i. To follow a spoor or trail. [R.] [1913 Webster]
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