horseshoe
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2.5
- noun
- /ˈhɔrsˌʃu/
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herradura
- Braided leather reins crossed the wall like spiderwebs, and shelves were stacked with spare horseshoes and jars of liniment.
- horseshoe crab
Blacksmith provides arms, you know, weapons, horseshoes too, and other things as well.
- Blacksmith provides arms, you know, weapons, horseshoes too, and other things as well.
- So right the the car, you know, the automobile displaced a lot of carriage drivers and people who sold buggy whips and blacksmiths who made horseshoes.
Examples
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Nailed above a seat is a horseshoe, a good-luck wish from some forgotten donor.
Blog text (5) -
We brought the horseshoe home if you'd like to look at it.
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A horseshoe fell on my horse.
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You are looking for a lucky horseshoe.
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I need some horseshoe nails.
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Next, he placed the iron on the anvil and beat it into a horseshoe.
Fiction book (2000) -
I was working at the forge, hoping to add to our store of horseshoes before the sun made it too hot.
Fiction book (1991) -
I put the boys to work sorting the horseshoes into sizes while Nithe pumped the bellows.
Fiction book (1991) -
The blacksmith carefully attached a horseshoe to the underside of the horse's hoof to protect it.
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Before going out on the trail, he checked that each horseshoe was securely nailed.
Synonyms
44
5.3
A curved metal plate nailed to the bottom of a horse's hoof to protect it
Compounds
- Specialized
2
7.8
A large sea animal with a hard shell shaped like a horseshoe and a long pointed tail
- Indian
A sea animal with a hard shell and a long tail spine that lives on Asian coasts
A small wild plant that flowers every year with yellow flower clusters and pods shaped like small horseshoes
A thin, fast snake from Europe and Asia with a horseshoe-shaped mark on its head
- Australian
A small bat with orange fur that lives in forests in northwest Australia
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Horseshoe is a plain compound of horse and shoe, literally a 'shoe' for a horse. That's why a horseshoe is a U-shaped metal plate fitted under the hoof to protect it.