HORSESHOE


Meaning of HORSESHOE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈhȯrs-ˌshü, ˈhȯrsh- ]

noun

Date: 14th century

1. : a usually U-shaped band of iron fitted and nailed to the rim of a horse's hoof to protect it

2. : something (as a valley) shaped like a horseshoe

3. plural : a game like quoits played with horseshoes or with horseshoe-shaped pieces of metal

• horseshoe transitive verb

• horse·sho·er -ˌshü-ər noun

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.