horseshoe
UK/ˈhɔːs.ʃuː//ˈhɔːɹs.ʃuː/
horseshoe noun: the U-shaped shoe of a horse, now typically made of metal; by extension, a representation of this used to play the game horseshoes, hung as a luck charm, etc.
Noun
horseshoe (plural horseshoes)
- The U-shaped shoe of a horse, now typically made of metal; by extension, a representation of this used to play the game horseshoes, hung as a luck charm, etc.
- 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
- The ancient Romans [...] used leather horseshoes; the Chinese made straw sandals for their mounts; and American Indians used leather moccasins, which they tied around their horses ' ankles. In days of old, people took their horses to the smithy to be shod.1984, Leda Blumberg, The Horselover's Handbook: An Introduction to Owning, Caring For, and Riding Horses, →ISBN, page 46
- The U shape of a horseshoe.
- the horseshoe of the Carpathians
- If there are no missing teeth and tooth alignment is good, two opposing well-defined horseshoes are seen. If, however, your denitition is mal-aligned or is missing anterior teeth, this pattern too should be reflected in the bite mark.2005, Stuart H. James, Jon J. Nordby (editors), Forensic science: an introduction to scientific and investigative techniques, page 88
- A well-developed set of triceps brachii muscles.
- The lateral head of your triceps forms the outside of the horseshoe, the long head forms the inside, the medial head lies beneath the long head, and the tendon occupies the flat space in the middle.2004, Ellington Darden, The New High-Intensity Training, page 58
- The symbol ⊃.
- An open-faced sandwich originating from Springfield, Illinois, consisting of thick-sliced toasted bread, often Texas toast, a hamburger patty, French fries, and a cheese sauce.
- A U-shaped life buoy.
Verb
horseshoe (third-person singular simple present horseshoes, present participle horseshoeing, simple past and past participle horseshoed or horseshod)
Proper noun capitalized: Horseshoe
Horseshoe
- A barangay of Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines.
horseshoe meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
horseshoe in Hindi
- metallic shoe of a horse
- नाल nāl, खुरप khurap, अश्वनाल aśvanāl
horseshoe in Tamil
- metallic shoe of a horse
- லாடம் lāṭam
horseshoe in Urdu
- metallic shoe of a horse
- نال nāl, نَعْل na'l
horseshoe in Bengali
- metallic shoe of a horse
- নাল nal
More languagesFewer languages
- horseshoe in Telugu
- గుర్రపునాడా gurrapunāḍā, గుర్రపు నాడా gurrapu nāḍā
- horseshoe in Kannada
- ಲಾಳ, ಹಲ್ಲೆ, ಲಾಳದಾಕಾರದ ವಸ್ತು
- horseshoe in Punjabi
- ਨਾਲ੍ਹ nālh
- horseshoe in Pashto
- نال nāl
- horseshoe in Tagalog
- bakal ng kabayo
- horseshoe in Arabic
- حَدْوَة ḥadwa, حِدْوَة ḥidwa, نَعْل naʕl
- horseshoe in Malay
- ladam
- horseshoe in Indonesian
- tapal kuda, ladam
- horseshoe in Persian
- نعل اسب na'l-e asb, نعل na'l, بشک bašk
- horseshoe in Thai
- เกือกม้า gʉ̀ʉak-máa
- horseshoe in Vietnamese
- móng ngựa
- horseshoe in Myanmar
- မြင်းခွာ mrang:hkwa, မြင်းသံခွာ mrang:samhkwa, သံခွာ samhkwa
Examples of horseshoe in a sentence
- Each player has a turn at tossing his horseshoes, one at a time, at the stob opposite him.1997, Francis Edward Abernethy, editor, Texas toys and games, page 142:
- Whereas the railway heads inland to take the easier but much longer horseshoe-shaped route around the firth, the A9 directly crosses it from north to south on a bridge built in 1991.2021 October 20, Paul Stephen, “Leisure and pleasure on the Far North Line”, in RAIL, number 942, page 49:
Synonyms of horseshoe
Forms of horseshoe
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | horseshoes |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | horseshoes |
| present participle | horseshoeing |
| past participle | horseshoed |
| past | horseshoed |
| past participle | horseshod |
| past | horseshod |
Origin of horseshoe
Calks (identified by the letter "C" on the shown horseshoe) consist of spur-point and a shank to form an antislipping device. Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱers- Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥sós? Proto-Indo-European *h₁wers-? Proto-Indo-European *wers- Proto-Indo-European *-ḗn Proto-Indo-European *wérsēn Proto-Indo-Iranian *(w)ŕ̥šā Proto-Iranian *(w)ŕ̥šāder.? Proto-Germanic *hrussą Proto-West Germanic *hross Old English hors Middle English hors Proto-Germanic *skōhaz Proto-West Germanic *skōh Old English sċōh Middle English scho Middle English horsscho English horseshoe Inherited from Middle English horsscho, from hors + scho. By surface analysis, horse + shoe.
Words formed from horseshoe
- almost only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades
- close enough for horseshoes and hand grenades
- close only counts in horseshoes
- close only counts in horseshoes and darts
- close only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades
- Golden Horseshoe
- horseshoe arch
- horseshoe bat
- Horseshoe Bay
- Horseshoe Bend
- horseshoe conditional
- horseshoe crab
- Horseshoe Creek
- horseshoe curve
- Horseshoe Falls
- horseshoe fern
- horseshoe geranium
- Horseshoe Harbour
- horseshoe map
- horseshoe moustache
- horseshoe mustache
- horseshoe nail
- horseshoes
- horseshoe sandwich
- horseshoe theory
- horseshoe up one's ass
- horseshoe vetch
- horseshoe worm
Phrases with horseshoe
- horseshoe bats
- horseshoe maps
- horseshoe crabs
- horseshoe ferns
- horseshoe nails
- horseshoe worms
- horseshoe arches
- horseshoe curves
- horseshoe vetches
- horseshoe geraniums
- Damara horseshoe bat
- horseshoe moustaches
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Questions about horseshoe
- What does horseshoe mean?
- Horseshoe means the U-shaped shoe of a horse, now typically made of metal; by extension, a representation of this used to play the game horseshoes, hung as a luck charm, etc.
- What is horseshoe in Hindi?
- Horseshoe in Hindi is नाल (nāl), खुरप (khurap), अश्वनाल (aśvanāl). See Horseshoe meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use horseshoe in a sentence?
- Each player has a turn at tossing his horseshoes, one at a time, at the stob opposite him.
- What part of speech is horseshoe?
- Horseshoe can be a noun, a verb or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce horseshoe?
- Horseshoe is pronounced /ˈhɔːs.ʃuː/ (UK).
- What is the plural of horseshoe?
- The plural of horseshoe is horseshoes.
Words near horseshoe in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: horseshoe (page history and authors); Horseshoe (page history and authors); horseshoe (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਨਾਲ੍ਹ (Punjabi) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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