Horseshoe

Quick meaning: Horseshoe is a noun meaning The U shape of a horseshoe.

Meaning

The U shape of a horseshoe.

More Meanings

1. (bodybuilding, slang) A well-developed set of triceps brachii muscles.
2. (logic) The symbol ⊃.
3. A U-shaped life buoy.
4. (transitive) To apply horseshoes to (a horse).
5. 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.
6. (Midland US) 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.

Example Sentences

Each player has a turn at tossing his horseshoes, one at a time, at the stob opposite him. His opponent then throws his horseshoes.

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;

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.

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.

Word Forms

• horseshoes
• horseshoeing
• horseshoed
• horseshod

Synonyms for horseshoe

Depending on context, synonyms include shoe.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include shoe, limulus, horsenail, shoeing-horn, horse-lock, horse-nail.

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