handmark

English

Etymology

hand +‎ mark

Noun

handmark (plural handmarks)

1. The mark of a hand; a handprint.
   • 2006, Dorothy Brett, Lawrence and Brett: a friendship, page 150:

     On the smooth, pale trunks here and there, are the clear handmarks of bears, climbing up and coming down.

   • 2011, Harper Allen, Protector with a Past:

     Tomorrow there would be smeared handmarks on the smooth painted plaster.