horseshoe

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a U-shaped metal plate fixed to a horse's hoof

   The farrier nailed a new horseshoe onto the mare's hoof.

2. 2
   noun

   a U-shaped iron object thrown at a stake in the game of horseshoes

   His horseshoe landed neatly around the stake.

3. 3
   verb

   to fit a horse with horseshoes

   The blacksmith will horseshoe the pony tomorrow.

From Middle English horsscho, horssho, horscho, hors schoo, equivalent to horse + shoe.

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