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HORSESHOE
horseshoe, shoe
(noun) U-shaped plate nailed to underside of horse’s hoof
horseshoe
(noun) game equipment consisting of an open ring of iron used in playing horseshoes
horseshoe
(verb) equip (a horse) with a horseshoe or horseshoes
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
horseshoe (plural horseshoes)
The U-shaped metallic shoe of a horse.
A U-shaped piece of metal used to play the game horseshoes.
The U shape of a horseshoe.
(bodybuilding, slang) A well-developed set of triceps brachii muscles.
(logic) The symbol ⊃.
(Midwest US) An open-faced sandwich originating from Springfield, Illinois State, consisting of thick-sliced toasted bread, often Texas toast, a hamburger patty, French fries, and a cheese sauce.
Verb
horseshoe (third-person singular simple present horseshoes, present participle horseshoeing, simple past and past participle horseshod or horseshoed)
To apply horseshoes to (a horse).
Usage notes
The shorter form shoe is more commonly used.
Synonyms
• (to apply horseshoes): shoe
Source: Wiktionary
Horse"shoe`, n.
1. A shoe for horses, consisting of a narrow plate of iron in form somewhat like the letter U, nailed to a horse's hoof.
2. Anything shaped like a horsehoe crab.
3. (Zoöl.)
Definition: The Limulus of horsehoe crab. Horsehoe head (Med.), an old name for the condition of the skull in children, in which the sutures are too open, the coronal suture presenting the form of a horsehoe. Dunglison.
– Horsehoe magnet, an artificial magnet in the form of a horsehoe.
– Horsehoe nail. See Horsenail.
– Horsehoe nose (Zoöl.), a bat of the genus Rhinolophus, having a nasal fold of skin shaped like a horsehoe.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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