clopping
Horse footfall noise
Clopping is the sound of hooves striking a hard surface—the rhythmic beat of a horse walking on pavement or cobblestones: We heard the clopping of the carriage horses.
The word imitates the sound itself.
A single strike is a clop; the ongoing noise is clopping.
hoofbeat
Swiftest quadruped gait
- trotPace between walk, canter
- canterModerate equine gait
- horseshoeCurved metal hoof protector
- shodWearing foot covering
cobblestone · pavement · hoof · stride · gait · pounding · striking · clatter
rhythm
Rhythmic pulse or pattern
- tempoRate of musical performance
- beatRhythmic pulse or strike
- pulseArterial blood throb
- meterDevice that measures usage
pattern · pace · timing · regularity · syncopation · steady · repetition · measure
gallop
Swiftest quadruped gait
shod · cobblestone · pavement · hoof · stride · gait · pounding · striking · clatter · echo
cadence
Rhythmic pulse or pattern
meter · pattern · pace · timing · regularity · syncopation · steady · repetition · measure · sequence
- footstep soundsfootsteps, stomp, thud, thump, scuff
- hooveshorse hoof, cloven hoof, split hoof, hoofbeat
- exertioneffort, straining, strain, heaving, labor