horseshoer

Variant of horseshoe

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

Origin: ME horscho, contr. of horsis sho

transitive verb horseshoed, horseshoeing

to fit with a horseshoe or horseshoes

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