spoor Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the trail left by a person or an animal; what the hunter follows in pursuing game
    • the hounds followed the fox's spoor

WordNet

Spoor noun
Etymology
D. spoor; akin to AS. spor, G. spur, and from the root of E. spur. See Spur.
Definitions
  1. The track or trail of any wild animal; as, the spoor of an elephant; -- used originally by travelers in South Africa.
Spoor intransitive verb
Definitions
  1. To follow a spoor or trail. R.

Webster 1913