clop
/klɒp
/noun [in singular]
A sound or series of sounds made by a horse’s hoofs on a hard surface: the plodding clop of patient draught horses...
- Beside him he could hear the thundering clop of Chubb's hooves; the rumbling roar of the buggy to his rear.
- Hoof beats sounded up ahead and the two recognized the heavy clop of unicorn hooves.
- The clop of their hooves and the jingle of the harness was rhythmic, almost soothing.
verb (clops, clopping, clopped) [no object, with adverbial of direction]
(Of a horse) move with a clop: the animal clopped on at a steady pace...
- Another train of sighing, blowing horses came clopping up towards us, laden with empty US Mail boxes.
- His horse clopped wildly away from him, but he was no longer moving with it.
- Then they heard horse feet clopping on pavement.
Origin
Mid 19th century: imitative.