hoofbeat

English

Etymology

From hoof +‎ beat.

Noun

hoofbeat (plural hoofbeats)

1. The sound of a hoof striking the ground.
   • 1847 November 1, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Evangeline, a Tale of Acadie, Boston, Mass.: William D. Ticknor & Company, →OCLC, (please specify either |part=I or II):

     at the hoof-beats of fate

Translations

sound of a hoof striking the ground

Faroese: hóvspor n German: Hufschlag (de) m Hungarian: patadobogás, lódobogás (hu)