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Definition of Farrier
1. Noun. A person who shoes horses.
Definition of Farrier
1. n. A shoer of horses; a veterinary surgeon.
2. v. i. To practice as a farrier; to carry on the trade of a farrier.
Definition of Farrier
1. Noun. A person who maintains the health and balance of the horse's feet through the trimming of the hoof and placement of horseshoes. ¹
2. Verb. (intransitive) To practise as a farrier; to carry on the trade of a farrier. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Farrier
1. one that shoes horses [n -S]
Medical Definition of Farrier
1. 1. A shoer of horses; a veterinary surgeon. Origin: OE. Farrour, ferrer, OF. Ferreor, ferrier, LL. Ferrator, ferrarius equorum, from ferrare to shoe a horse, ferrum a horseshoe, fr. L. Ferrum iron. Cf. Ferreous. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Farrier
Literary usage of Farrier
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Memoirs of the Duke of Saint-Simon on the Reign of Louis XIV and the Regency by Louis de Rouvroy Saint-Simon (1900)
"The farrier of Salon—Apparition of a Queen—The farrier comes to ... There arrived
at Versailles a farrier, from the little town of Salon, in Provence, ..."
2. The Practice in Civil Actions and Proceedings at Law, in Ohio, and by Joseph Rockwell Swan (1845)
"AGAINST A farrier, (n) Against a farrier, for not using due care, fyc., ...
A farrier may re- (m) Add, "nor hath the defendant paid cover his bill on the ..."
3. Personal Sketches of His Own Times by Jonah Barrington (1871)
"THE farrier AND WHIPPER-IN. TOM WHITE, a whipper-in at my father's at ...
the farrier, taken his cure in hand, after Doctor Ned Stapleton, of Maryborough, ..."
4. A Treatise of the Law Relative to the Rights of Lien and Stoppage in Transitu by Richard Whitaker (1812)
"Lien of farrier. As a farrier is from the nature of his ^employment (which is
one of those, the exercise of which the law considers necessary to public ..."
5. Horse-shoes and Horse-shoeing: Their Origin, History, Uses, and Abuses by George Fleming (1869)
"THE ARMOURER AND farrier OF THE CELTS AND GAULS. ... THE MARSHALL farrier.
SUPERSTITIONS CONCERNING HORSE-SHOES IN VARIOUS COUNTRIES. GERMAN LEGENDS. ..."
6. Memoirs of Louis XIV and the Regency by Louis de Rouvroy Saint-Simon (1901)
"The farrier of Salon —Apparition of a Queen —The farrier comes to ... Thereupon the
farrier declared that if he was allowed to see the King he would tell ..."
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