Track n.
1. A mark left by something that has passed along; as, the track, or wake, of a ship; the track of a meteor; the track of a sled or a wheel.
The bright track of his fiery car. --Shak.
2. A mark or impression left by the foot, either of man or beast; trace; vestige; footprint.
Far from track of men. --Milton.
3. Zool. The entire lower surface of the foot; -- said of birds, etc.
4. A road; a beaten path.
Behold Torquatus the same track pursue. --Dryden.
5. Course; way; as, the track of a comet.
6. A path or course laid out for a race, for exercise, etc.
7. Railroad The permanent way; the rails.
8. A tract or area, as of land. [Obs.] “Small tracks of ground.”
Track scale, a railway scale. See under Railway.