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Noun: horseshoe  'hors,shoo
  1. Game equipment consisting of an open ring of iron used in playing horseshoes
    "He tossed the horseshoe and scored a ringer"
     
  2. U-shaped plate nailed to underside of horse's hoof
    "The farrier carefully fitted the new horseshoe to the horse's hoof";
    - shoe
     
  3. Something with the shape of a horseshoe
    "The hotel's driveway formed a horseshoe around the fountain"
Verb: horseshoe (horseshoeing)  'hors,shoo
  1. Equip (a horse) with a horseshoe or horseshoes
    "The farrier horseshoed all the horses in the stable"

Derived forms: horseshoes, horseshoeing, horseshoed

Type of: equip, fit, fit out, game equipment, outfit, plate, scale, shell

Encyclopedia: Horseshoe, North Carolina