hoofbeats
Cavalry approach sounds
Hoofbeats are the sounds made by an animal's hooves striking the ground, especially a horse at a gallop: She heard hoofbeats approaching on the trail.
The medical aphorism "When you hear hoofbeats, think horses, not zebras" advises considering common diagnoses before rare ones.
Patterned stress and silence
- beatRhythmic pulse or strike
- tempoRate of musical performance
- cadenceRhythmic pulse or pattern
- pulseArterial blood throb
drumming · thunder · rumble · clatter · pounding · tattoo · staccato · approaching
Swiftest quadruped gait
- canterModerate equine gait
- trotPace between walk, canter
- thunderStorm's acoustic aftermath
- strideExtended single footstep
jockey · racehorse · steeplechase · furlong · sprint · derby · Preakness · Belmont
rhythm
Patterned stress and silence
pulse · drumming · thunder · rumble · clatter · pounding · tattoo · staccato · approaching · distant
gallop
Swiftest quadruped gait
stride · jockey · racehorse · steeplechase · furlong · sprint · derby · Preakness · Belmont · equestrian
herd
Grazing animals together
- cattleDomesticated bovines kept commercially
- horsesLarge domesticated hoofed mammals
- pastureGrazing ground for livestock
barnyard · stable · ranch · grazing · paddock · corral · manger · stampede · roundup · drove
charge
Cost or accusation
- dragoonsCompels by intimidation
- lancersSoldiers with long weapons
- cuirassiersArmored cavalry troops
troopers · sabers · bugles · brigade · regiment · scouts · warhorse · mounted · charger · cavalry charge
- canal termscanal, Panama Canal, Suez Canal, Erie Canal, lock