Track, trace. literal and figurative. Obsolete.

A track, trace.

Track, trace.

The track made by the passage of any person or thing, whether beaten by feet or indicated in any other way: = track, n. 1 on one's trace(s, in…

The mark, or series of marks, left by the passage of anything; a trail; a wheel-rut; the wake of a ship; a series of footprints; the scent followed…

A (deep) furrow or track made in the ground, especially in a soft road, by the passage of a wheeled vehicle or vehicles.

(a) a step forward, (b) plural steps in front, tracks.

= cart-ruck n.

A mark left where something has been trailed or has passed along; a trace, track. Also figurative.

A wheel-rut. Obsolete.

= cart-rut n.

the deep rut cut in soft ground by the wheels of a cart.

the ridge on the inner side of a wheel-rut (cf. spoor, n.1, and cart, n.).

transferred. Anything compared to the wake of a vessel. The air currents behind a body in flight.