spoor
a track or trail, especially that of a wild animal pursued as game.
to track by or follow a spoor.
Origin of spoor
1Other words from spoor
- spoorer, noun
Words Nearby spoor
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How to use spoor in a sentence
We followed this spoor down the rocky slope where ferns and little shrubs divided the stones.
The Relief of Mafeking | Filson YoungThey came at last to a low crater wall, where the spoor disappeared.
A World Called Crimson | Darius John GrangerYa, baas—a mighty big one too; das da spoor of dem antelope—See!
Popular Adventure Tales | Mayne ReidSo I took up the parable, telling how I had found spoor leading to the waterhole and that here it had stopped.
A Frontier Mystery | Bertram MitfordQuickly, eagerly, I cast around for spoor, beyond the radius of the disturbed part of the ground.
A Frontier Mystery | Bertram Mitford
British Dictionary definitions for spoor
/ (spʊə, spɔː) /
the trail of an animal or person, esp as discernible to the human eye
to track (an animal) by following its trail
Origin of spoor
1Derived forms of spoor
- spoorer, noun
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