spoor
noun
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Pronunciation: /spʊə/ / /spɔː/ / /spʊɹ/
name
Etymology: From the Dutch and English surname, from the noun spur. From being a maker of spurs.
- An occupational surname from Middle English
noun
Etymology: Early 19th century, from Afrikaans spoor, from Dutch spoor (“track”). Akin to Old English and Old Norse spor (whence Danish spor), and German Spur, all from Proto-Germanic *spurą. Compare spurn.
- The track, trail, droppings, or scent of an animal.
“We all stopped to examine that monstrous spoor. If it were indeed a bird - and what animal could leave such a mark? - its foot was so much larger than an ostrich's that its height upon the same scale must be enormous.”
“Even poor Nobs appeared dejected as we quit the compound and set out upon the well-marked spoor of the abductor.”
verb
Etymology: Early 19th century, from Afrikaans spoor, from Dutch spoor (“track”). Akin to Old English and Old Norse spor (whence Danish spor), and German Spur, all from Proto-Germanic *spurą. Compare spurn.
- To track (an animal) by following its spoor.