horseshoer

Variant of horseshoe

horseshoe definition

horse·shoe (hôrs′s̸ho̵̅o̅′, hôr′-)

noun

  1. a flat, -shaped metal plate nailed to a horse's hoof for protection
  2. anything shaped like this
  3. a game in which the players toss horseshoes at two facing stakes driven into the ground 40 feet apart, the object being to encircle the stake or come as close to it as possible

Etymology: ME horscho, contr. of horsis sho

transitive verb horseshoed -·shoed′, horseshoeing -·shoe′·ing

to fit with a horseshoe or horseshoes

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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