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horseshoe

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
horseshoe/ˈhɔːsʃuː/

▶noun a covering for the base of a horse's foot consisting of a narrow band of iron in the form of an extended circular arc.

■ (horseshoes) [treated as sing.] chiefly N. Amer. a game resembling quoits in which horseshoes are thrown at a peg.

'horseshoe' also found in these Oxford entries:

chelicerate - farrier - horseshoe bat - horseshoe crab - keeper - king crab - lophophore - lunette - oxbow - oxbow lake - plate - shoe

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