horse-trail vs trail

horse-trail and trail both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
horse-trail	Yes	No	No	No
trail	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, trail is a hypernym of horse-trail; that is, trail is a word with a broader meaning than horse-trail:

horse-trail (noun)	trail (noun)
a trail for horses	a path or track roughly blazed through wild or hilly country
	evidence pointing to a possible solution
	a track or mark left by something that has passed

horse-trail (verb)	trail (verb)
	drag loosely along a surface; allow to sweep the ground
	hang down so as to drag along the ground
	go after with the intent to catch
	move, proceed, or walk draggingly or slowly
	to lag or linger behind