sockprint
sockprint noun: the impression left by a sock.
Noun
sockprint (plural sockprints)
- The impression left by a sock.
- Some of the uprights in the banister were broken, and so much of Wheeler’s blood had been spilt that the soles of his bare feet were covered in blood, while the route his opponent had taken downstairs after the fight was over was marked by his bloody sockprints.1964, Iain Adamson, A Man of Quality: A Biography of the Hon. Mr. Justice Cassels, London: Frederick Muller Limited, page 174
- Dr. Lovejoy’s testimony indicated that although he does not employ Dr. Robbins’ precise methods for identifying footprints, he has on at least one prior occasion testified about footprint identification, employing a footprint exemplar to identify the defendant on the basis of a sockprint left at...1986, “United States v. Ferri”, in The Federal Reporter, pages 988–989
Forms of sockprint
| plural | sockprints |
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Origin of sockprint
From sock + print.
Questions about sockprint
- What does sockprint mean?
- Sockprint means the impression left by a sock.
- What part of speech is sockprint?
- Sockprint is a noun.
- What is the plural of sockprint?
- The plural of sockprint is sockprints.
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