A cleft hoof as of neat cattle (Ex. 10:26; Ezek. 32:13); hence also of the horse, though not cloven (Isa. 5:28). The "parting of the hoof" is one of the distinctions between clean and unclean animals (Lev. 11:3; Deut. 14:7).
·vi To walk as cattle. II. Hoof ·noun A hoofed animal; a beast. III. Hoof ·noun ·see <<Ungula>>. ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
to travel on foot. He hoofed it or beat the hoof, every step of the way from Chester to London. ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
See to beat the hoof. ...