Thesaurus: horseshoe

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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.
2. n. Anything shaped like a horsehoe crab.
3. n. The Limulus of horsehoe crab.
4. n. game equipment consisting of an open ring of iron used in playing horseshoes
5. n. U-shaped plate nailed to underside of horse's hoof
6. v. equip (a horse) with a horseshoe or horseshoes
7. 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. (Zoöl.) The Limulus of horsehoe crab. Horsehoe head (Med.), an old name for the condition of the skull in children, in which the sutures are too open, the coronal suture presenting the form of a horsehoe. Dunglison. -- Horsehoe magnet, an artificial magnet in the form of a horsehoe. -- Horsehoe nail. See Horsenail. -- Horsehoe nose (Zoöl.), a bat of the genus Rhinolophus, having a nasal fold of skin shaped like a horsehoe.
8. The Limulus of horsehoe crab. Horsehoe head (Med.), an old namefor the condition of the skull in children, in which the sutures aretoo open, the coronal suture presenting the form of a horsehoe.Dunglison.-- Horsehoe magnet, an artificial magnet in the form of a horsehoe.-- Horsehoe nail. See Horsenail.-- Horsehoe nose (Zoöl.), a bat of the genus Rhinolophus, having anasal fold of skin shaped like a horsehoe.
9. n:100 n. game equipment consisting of an open ring of iron used in playing horseshoes n. U-shaped plate nailed to underside of horse's hoof v. equip (a horse) with a horseshoe or horseshoes