farrier

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a craftsperson who trims and shoes horses' hooves

   The farrier checked the horse's hoof before fitting a new shoe.

2. 2
   verb

   To practise as a farrier; to carry on the trade of a farrier.

   though there are many Pretenders to the Art of Farriering and Cow-leeching , yet many of them are very ignorant , especially in the Countrie

Borrowed from Middle French ferrier, from Old French ferrier, from Latin ferrārius, from ferrum (“iron”).

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