horseshoe Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun game equipment consisting of an open ring of iron used in playing horseshoes
  2. noun U-shaped plate nailed to underside of horse's hoof
    shoe.
  3. verb equip (a horse) with a horseshoe or horseshoes

WordNet

Horse"shoe` noun
Definitions
  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. (Zoöl.) The Limulus of horsehoe crab.

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