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FOOTMARK
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A mark of a foot or shoe on a surface
Example:
the police made casts of the footprints in the soft earth outside the window
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("footmark" is a kind of...):
mark; print (a visible indication made on a surface)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "footmark"):
footprint evidence (evidence in the form of footprints)
Context examples:
In the jungle which we traversed were numerous hard-trodden paths made by the wild beasts, and in the more marshy places we saw a profusion of strange footmarks, including many of the iguanodon.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
“I believe these villains have enticed him out by some devilish device of their own. Hold the lamp, nephew. Ha! I thought so. Here are his footmarks upon the flower-bed outside.”
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
No footmarks were to be found on the path.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Oh, there could be no question as to the superimposing of the footmarks.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
His footmarks had pressed right through the snow, so long had he stood there.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Then there were a few footmarks, and the tire reappeared once more.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
We examined it very carefully, but found no outline of any footmark.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
We could trace no footmarks below, but it is sure that this is the only possible exit.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
I was able to obtain five very clear impressions of his footmarks: one in the roadway itself, at the point where he had climbed the low wall, two on the lawn, and two very faint ones upon the stained boards near the window where he had entered.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Footmarks of both men could be made out on the carpet, but none of any third person, which again is a trick for the other side.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
