noun

horseshoe

HAWS-shoo

noun

A U-shaped metal shoe nailed to a horse's hoof for protection.

"The blacksmith fitted a fresh horseshoe on the mare."

Something shaped like this U, or one used as a good-luck charm.

"They hung an old horseshoe over the front door for luck."

"The road curved into a tight horseshoe bend."

How to Use Horseshoe

Learner’s notes

In plain EnglishA U-shaped metal shoe for horses, or anything shaped like one, often linked with good luck.

Common pairings

horseshoe bend lucky horseshoe throw a horseshoe

horseshoed past tense, horseshod past tense, horseshoes plural, horseshoes singular

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A straightforward compound of horse and shoe, going back to Middle English horsscho.

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