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Expression: "He heard a horse's shoesteps."



 
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Expression: "He heard a horse's shoesteps." Mon Sep 03, 2007 17:29 pm  Expression: "He heard a horse's shoesteps."
 

Hi

Could you please tell me what we hear when a horse runs--I mean, his shoe fall or shoe steps? How do you find this sentence?

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While cutting the wood, he heard horses' shoe steps.

And, what about human beings?

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Expression: "He heard a horse's shoesteps." Mon Sep 03, 2007 17:43 pm  Expression: "He heard a horse's shoesteps."
 

Hi Tom,

I would be inclined to say: He heard the sound of horses' hooves (hoofs).

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Expression: "He heard a horse's shoesteps." Tue Sep 04, 2007 5:30 am  Expression: "He heard a horse's shoesteps."
 

Thank you, Alan

...but what about human beings?

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He heard the sound of ....

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Expression: "He heard a horse's shoesteps." Tue Sep 04, 2007 8:56 am  Expression: "He heard a horse's shoesteps."
 

That would simply be 'footsteps'

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Expression: "He heard a horse's shoesteps." Tue Sep 04, 2007 13:48 pm  Expression: "He heard a horse's shoesteps."
 

Hi Tom

A less common, but not unusual term for footstep(s) is footfall (humans).

The sound of horseshoes can be described in a variety of ways depending on the horse's gait and what sort of surface the horse is walking/running on, etc.
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Expression: "He heard a horse's shoesteps." Tue Sep 04, 2007 22:33 pm  Expression: "He heard a horse's shoesteps."
 

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Hi Tom

A less common, but not unusual term for footstep(s) is footfall (humans).

The sound of horseshoes can be described in a variety of ways depending on the horse's gait and what sort of surface the horse is walking/running on, etc.
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Could you please give me a few examples?

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Expression: "He heard a horse's shoesteps." Wed Sep 05, 2007 6:05 am  Expression: "He heard a horse's shoesteps."
 

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Well, Tom, have you ever heard a horse running? Did the sound bring anything else to mind? What can you compare it to?

For example, if you heard a horse walking or trotting down a paved road, you might hear a clippety-clop sound. Clippety-clop is a typical word for that. If a horse walks or runs on a non-paved surface, I don't think you hear clippety-clop at all. If a horse is running you might instead compare the sound of the hooves to thunder -- and especially if a lot of horses are running.
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Expression: "He heard a horse's shoesteps." Wed Sep 05, 2007 8:40 am  Expression: "He heard a horse's shoesteps."
 

Hi,

For clarification, to me 'footsteps' is the movement of feet walking on the ground and so you can say: The sound of footsteps but 'footfall' is the sound itself of a footstep/footsteps. You say: I heard a heavy footfall or I heard the sound of heavy footsteps.

Just a thought.

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Expression: "He heard a horse's shoesteps." Wed Sep 05, 2007 8:54 am  Expression: "He heard a horse's shoesteps."
 

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Or you can say "I heard heavy footsteps." Laughing

I agree that 'footfall' is usually the sound itself.
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