footmark

[ foot-mahrk ]

noun

1. a footprint.

footmark

/ ˈfʊtˌmɑːk /

noun

1. a mark or trace of mud, wetness, etc, left by a person's foot on a surface

Word History and Origins

Origin of footmark¹

First recorded in 1635–45; foot + mark ¹

Example Sentences

The creases and bowlers’ footmarks have been repaired.

From BBC

Thirsting for potable water, Felix tramps through mud that leaves glowing, phosphorescent footmarks.

From Washington Post

The book still needs what Harriet, as a child, called “footmarks”—not to present incidentally interesting facts but, rather, to provide a basic intelligibility.

From The New Yorker

The increasingly threatening Lyon was regularly beating the bat, bowling into the footmarks.

From The Guardian

It prompts the ground staff to come out to hammer the pitch where the footmarks are for the bowler - not sure if the two events are linked, but we lose a couple of minutes.

From The Guardian

Related Words

• element
• footprint
• fragment
• hint
• indication
• particle
• proof
• relic
• remains
• remnant
• shred
• smell
• speck
• strain
• taste
• tinge
• touch
• vestige
• whiff