trail through wood beaten down by a stag
• (n.) Grass and sprigs beaten or trampled down by a stag passing through them.
Ab'a·ture (ȧb'ȧ*tur; 135) noun [ French abatture , from abattre . See Abate .] Grass and sprigs beaten or trampled down by a stag passing through them. Crabb. 
Abature is the name given to the path created by a stag when grass and sprigs are beaten or trampled down by it passing through them.