About The Word Horseshoe
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Horseshoe
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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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