Hoof
Hoof (hof) , noun
[Old English hof, Anglo-Saxon hōf; akin to Dutch hoef, German huf, Old High German huof, Icelandic hōfr, Swedish hof, Danish hov; compare Russ. kopuito, Sanskrit capha. r225.]
1.
The horny substance or case that covers or terminates the feet of certain animals, as horses, oxen, etc.
On burnished hooves his war horse trode.
2.
A hoofed animal; a beast.
Our cattle also shall go with us; there shall not a hoof be left behind.
3.
(Geometry) See Ungula.
Hoof , intransitive verb
1.
To walk as cattle. [Rare] — William Scott
2.
To be on a tramp; to foot. [Slang, United States]
Collocations (3)
To hoof it , to foot it.
On the hoof , of cattle, standing (on the hoof); not slaughtered.
beef on the hoof , live cattle.