I. -ˌhȯrn noun
Date: 1589
: a curved piece (as of horn, wood, or metal) used in putting on a shoe
II. transitive verb
Date: 1859
1. : to force to be included or admitted
shoehorn ed irrelevant arguments into his essay
2. : to force or compress into an insufficient space or period of time : squeeze
shoehorn the past, present, and future into about 500 pages — Otis Port