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Definition of Hoofbeat
1. the sound of hooves striking the ground [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hoofbeat
Literary usage of Hoofbeat
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Folly of Nations by Frederick Palmer (1921)
"Every hoofbeat was bringing us nearer the field. Stray shrapnel were bursting
overhead, a fact of which I was painfully conscious and of ..."