1. a curved piece of iron or steel nailed to the bottom of a horse’s hoof to protect it
2. something shaped like a horseshoe, especially a U-shaped object

1. to fit a horseshoe on a horse

Examples

• The blacksmith hammered a new horseshoe for the mare.
• She found an old horseshoe in the barn and hung it over the door for luck.
• The river bends in a horseshoe shape around the town.
• Horseshoe crabs are not actually crabs at all.
• The farrier will horseshoe all the horses tomorrow morning.
• They sat around the horseshoe-shaped table for the meeting.
• The horseshoe magnet attracted all the metal filings.