TRACK, TRACKER, TRACKING (footprint, rut)
ADJECTIVES
► ICHNEUTIC pert. to a tracker or tracking → 1838
NOUNS
► FEETING footprints, tracks → 1663 Amer. dial.
► FEETNING footprints, tracks → 1966 Amer. dial.
► FUSE the track of an animal → 1611 obs.
► LAST a footstep, track, trace → 971 obs.
► RACK the track made by an animal, esp. that of a deer, as marked by gaps in hedges, etc. → 1611
► RAT the track of a wheel in a road; a rut → B1900 Sc.
NOUNS – PERSON
► PUGGY a tracker → L19
VERBS
► BLIND THE TRAIL to conceal tracks or give them the appearance of going in a different direction → 1968 Amer. dial.
► FAND to enquire; to seek, to look for; to enquire into a matter; to search a place, to examine a track → c1225 obs.
► FARE to track footsteps; to detect traces → Bk1900 Eng. dial.
► PAD to track by the pad or footmarks → 1861
► PUG to track (esp. game) by following footprints or another spoor → M16