horseshoe
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: derivation
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Etymology: A metal horseshoe (noun sense 1)
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.
Inflected forms:
form: horseshoes
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: horseshoes
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: horseshoeing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: horseshoed
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: horseshoed
pos: verb
tags: past
form: horseshod
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: horseshod
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: 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.
pos: noun
examples: 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;
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.
Each player has a turn at tossing his horseshoes, one at a time, at the stob opposite him. His opponent then throws his horseshoes.
gloss: The U shape of a horseshoe.
pos: noun
examples: 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.
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.
gloss: A well-developed set of triceps brachii muscles.
pos: noun
tags: slang
examples: 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.
gloss: The symbol ⊃.
pos: noun
gloss: 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.
pos: noun
gloss: A U-shaped life buoy.
pos: noun
gloss: To apply horseshoes to (a horse).
pos: verb
tags: transitive
Derived words: 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
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