Pronunciation Noun
horseshoe (plural horseshoes)
- The U-shaped metallic shoe of a horse.
- 1887, David A. Wells, "The Economic Disturbances since 1873", III, Popular Science 31 (no. 37): 595
- And what has been thus affirmed of other leading commodities; the blacksmith, for example, no longer making, but buying his horseshoes, nails, nuts, and bolts;
- 1887, David A. Wells, "The Economic Disturbances since 1873", III, Popular Science 31 (no. 37): 595
- A U-shaped piece of metal used to play the game horseshoes.
- The U shape of a horseshoe.
- (bodybuilding, slang) A well-developed set of triceps brachii muscles.
- (logic) The symbol ⊃.
- (Midwest US) An open-faced sandwich originating from Springfield, Illinois State, consisting of thick-sliced toasted bread, often Texas toast, a hamburger patty, French fries, and a cheese sauce.
- French: fer à cheval
- German: Hufeisen, Beschlag
- Italian: ferro di cavallo
- Portuguese: ferradura
- Russian: подко́ва
- Spanish: herradura
- French: fer à cheval
- Portuguese: ferradura
- Russian: подко́ва
- French: fer à cheval
- Italian: ferro di cavallo
- Portuguese: ferradura
- Russian: подко́ва
- Spanish: herradura
- Russian: подмно́жество
horseshoe (horseshoes, present participle horseshoeing; past and past participle horseshoed)
- To apply horseshoes to (a horse).
- (to apply horseshoes) shoe
- French: ferrer
- German: beschlagen
- Portuguese: ferrar
- Russian: подко́вывать
- Spanish: herrar
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