Lexic.us

Definition of Horseshoe

1. Noun. Game equipment consisting of an open ring of iron used in playing horseshoes.

2. Verb. Equip (a horse) with a horseshoe or horseshoes.

3. Noun. U-shaped plate nailed to underside of horse's hoof.

Definition of Horseshoe

1. n. A shoe for horses, consisting of a narrow plate of iron in form somewhat like the letter U, nailed to a horse's hoof.

Definition of Horseshoe

1. Noun. The U-shaped metallic shoe of a horse. ¹

2. Noun. A U-shaped piece of metal used to play the game horseshoes. ¹

3. Noun. The U shape of a horseshoe. ¹

4. Noun. (bodybuilding slang) A well-developed set of triceps brachii muscles. ¹

5. Noun. (logic) The symbol '''?'''. ¹

6. Verb. To apply horseshoes to a horse. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Horseshoe

1. [v -SHOED, -SHOD, -SHOEING, -SHOES]

Medical Definition of Horseshoe

1. 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. The Limulus of horsehoe crab. Horsehoe head, a bat of the genus Rhinolophus, having a nasal fold of skin shaped like a horsehoe. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Horseshoe

horseradish root horseradish sauce horseradishes horseradishlike horserake horserakes horserider horseriders horseriding horses

horses' doovers horses' mouths horses for courses horseshod horseshoe (current term) horseshoe arch horseshoe bat horseshoe crab horseshoe crabs horseshoe fistula

horseshoe kidney horseshoe map horseshoe maps horseshoe placenta horseshoe sandwich horseshoe vetch horseshoe whipsnake horseshoed horseshoeing

Literary usage of Horseshoe

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Surgery, Gynecology & Obstetrics by The American College of Surgeons, Franklin H. Martin Memorial Foundation (1912)
"The typical horseshoe kidney (form a) occurs in about one of a thousand ... Hydronephrosis of right half oí horseshoe kidney; nephrotomy; later nephrectomy. ..."

2. Old Virginia and Her Neighbours by John Fiske (1897)
"the Golden ernor upon their return presented each of his companions with a golden horseshoe, some of which I have seen, studded with valuable stones, ..."

3. Practical Calculation of Dynamo-electric Machines: A Manual for Electrical by Alfred Eugene Wiener (1901)
"177 to 186 give the dimensions of various types of frames for this armature, viz., (i) Upright horseshoe Type; sq.inti Fig- 177.—Upright horseshoe Type. ..."

4. The Fetish Folk of West Africa by Robert H. Milligan (1912)
"From that day to this whenever the devil sees a horseshoe he runs away as ... The superstition of the horseshoe has been so eagerly embraced by the Negro ..."

5. History of the Civil War in America by Louis-Philippe-Albert d'Orléans Paris (1888)
"... returns at the same hour near his chief, whom he finds, with some four thousand men belonging to several divisions, on horseshoe Ridge. ..."

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