horseshoe

Etymology
From, , , , equivalent to.

Noun

 * 1) 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.
 * 2) * 1887, David A. Wells, "The Economic Disturbances since 1873", III, Popular Science 31 (no. 37): 595
 * 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;
 * 1) The U shape of a horseshoe.
 * 2)  A well-developed set of triceps brachii muscles.
 * 3)  The symbol ⊃.
 * 4)  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.
 * 1)  A well-developed set of triceps brachii muscles.
 * 2)  The symbol ⊃.
 * 3)  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.
 * 1)  The symbol ⊃.
 * 2)  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.

Translations

 * Afrikaans: hoefyster
 * Albanian: ,
 * Arabic: حَدْوَة, حِدْوَة, نَعْل
 * Armenian: ,
 * Asturian: ferradura
 * Azerbaijani:
 * Baluchi: نال, نعل
 * Bashkir: даға
 * Basque: ferra
 * Belarusian: падко́ва
 * Bengali: নাল
 * Breton: houarn marc'h
 * Bulgarian: подко́ва
 * Burmese:, ,
 * Catalan: ferradura
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, ,
 * Chuvash: такан
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: huffero, hufofero,
 * Estonian: rautama
 * Faroese: hestaskógvur, hóvjarn
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: ნალი
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Hawaiian: kāmaʻa hao, kapuaʻihao lio
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi:, खुरप, अश्वनाल
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Hunsrik: Hufeise
 * Icelandic:
 * Ido: ,
 * Ingrian: hepoisen rauta
 * Interlingua:
 * Irish: crú
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Kalmyk: тах
 * Kazakh: таға
 * Khmer: ទ្រនាប់ជើងសេះ
 * Korean: 편자
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish: ناڵ
 * Northern Kurdish:
 * Kyrgyz:
 * Lao: ເຫລັກໂຄບຕີນມ້າ, ເກີບມ້າ
 * Latin: solea ferrea, ferrum equōrum
 * Latvian: pakavs
 * Lithuanian: pasaga
 * Lü: ᦵᦂᦲᧇᧈᦙᦱᧉ
 * Luxembourgish: Houfeisen
 * Macedonian: потковица, поткова
 * Malay: ladam
 * Maltese: nagħal
 * Maori: haeana
 * Middle English: horsscho
 * Mongolian:
 * Norman: fé à j'va
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: hestesko
 * Occitan: ferradura
 * Ottoman Turkish: نعل
 * Pashto:
 * Pennsylvania German: Hufeise
 * Persian: نعل اسب, ,
 * Plautdietsch: Hoofiesa
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: crudha
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: потковица, поткова
 * Roman: ,
 * Sicilian: ferru di cavaḍḍu
 * Slovak: podkova
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: bakal ng kabayo
 * Tajik: наъл
 * Tamil:
 * Telugu:
 * Thai:
 * Tibetan: རྨིག་ལྕགས
 * Turkish:
 * Turkmen: naal
 * Ukrainian: підко́ва
 * Urdu: نال
 * Uyghur: تاقا
 * Uzbek: ,
 * Vietnamese: móng ngựa
 * Volapük:
 * Welsh:
 * White Hmong: khau nees
 * Yakut: боккуоп
 * Yiddish: פּאָדקאָווע


 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Latvian: pakavs
 * Macedonian: потковица
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: hestesko
 * Ottoman Turkish: نعل
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: потковица, поткова
 * Roman: ,
 * Sicilian: ferru di cavaḍḍu
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Telugu: గుర్రపు నాడా
 * Thai:


 * Finnish:


 * Macedonian: подмножество
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: подскуп
 * Roman:

Verb

 * 1)  To apply horseshoes to (a horse).

Usage notes

 * The shorter form is more commonly used.

Translations

 * Armenian: ,
 * Bulgarian: подковавам
 * Catalan:
 * Czech: podkovat, okovat
 * Danish:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: járna
 * Ingrian: ravvoittaa, ravvattaa
 * Macedonian: потковува
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: sko
 * Polish: podkuwać, podkuć,
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: crudhaich
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish:
 * Volapük: