hoof
Keratin-covered foot end
A hoof is the hard covering that protects the feet of horses, cattle, deer, and similar animals.
The plural is hooves or hoofs.
To hoof it is to walk, especially a long distance: We missed the bus and had to hoof it home.
On the hoof means while still alive—cattle sold on the hoof haven't been slaughtered yet.
Moderate equine gait
- gallopSwiftest quadruped gait
- trotPace between walk, canter
- clip-clopRhythmic hoof sound
- clatterLoud rattling noise
prance · stride · pace · amble · lope · stampede · thunder · pounding
One who shoes horses
- shoeingAttaching hoof plates
- blacksmithIron-shaping craftsperson
- trimmingCutting away excess
- biotinB7, a metabolic cofactor
rasping · nailing · clinching · abscess · thrush · laminitis · founder · therapeutic
cloven
Divided into two parts
bison · buffalo · giraffe · camel · swine · sheep · goat · elk · moose · caribou
canter
Moderate equine gait
clatter · prance · stride · pace · amble · lope · stampede · thunder · pounding · cobblestone
farrier
One who shoes horses
- shoeingAttaching hoof plates
- blacksmithIron-shaping craftsperson
- trimmingCutting away excess
biotin · rasping · nailing · clinching · abscess · thrush · laminitis · founder · therapeutic · poultice
frog
Tailless leaping amphibian
fetlock · navicular · keratin · heel · toe · cleft · bulb · laminae · bar · quarter
walk
Travel on foot
- hoof itWalk somewhere, slangily
- cloven hoovesDivided animal feet
- hoofing itWalking instead of riding
- horse's hoofsEquine foot structures
- cloven hoofHoof split in two
- hoofed itTraveled by walking