About The Word Horseshoe

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Horseshoe

Horseshoe Meaning & Definition
Horseshoe Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Horseshoe?

[n] nailed to underside of horse's hoof
[n] game equipment consisting of an open ring of iron used in playing horseshoes

Synonyms | Synonyms for Horseshoe: shoe | U-shaped plate

Related Terms | Find terms related to Horseshoe:

See Also | game equipment | plate | scale | shell

Horseshoe In Webster's Dictionary

\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. (Zo["o]l.) 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} (Zo["o]l.), a bat of the genus {Rhinolophus}, having a nasal fold of skin shaped like a horsehoe.

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