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Definition of Horseshoes
1. Noun. A game in which iron rings (or open iron rings) are thrown at a stake in the ground in the hope of encircling it.
Definition of Horseshoes
1. Noun. (plural of horseshoe) ¹
2. Noun. The game played by throwing horseshoes toward a metal stake. ¹
3. Verb. (third-person singular of horseshoe) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Horseshoes
1. horseshoe [v] - See also: horseshoe
Lexicographical Neighbors of Horseshoes
Literary usage of Horseshoes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Alphabetical Dictionary of Coats of Arms Belonging to Families in Great by John Woody Papworth (1874)
"Az. three horseshoes or two and one. Cistercian Abbey at FOUNTAINS, co. York.
... Arg. three horseshoes within an orle of six cross- lets patty fitchy sa. ..."
2. A History of Agriculture and Prices in England: From the Year After the by James Edwin Thorold Rogers, Arthur George Liddon Rogers (1866)
"... horseshoes AND NAILS. NOTE. horseshoes are reckoned by the hundred ; Nails (N.)
by the thousand. ..."
3. The world's wit and humor: an encyclopedia of the classic wit and humor of by Lionel Strachey (1906)
"... The Golden horseshoes EULENSPIEGEL came to the court of the King of Denmark,
who liked him well, and said that if he would make him some diversion, ..."
4. The Windsor Magazine: An Illustrated Monthly for Men and Women (1905)
"... THE CITY'S QUIT-KENT SERVICE : horseshoes, NAILS, FAGGOTS, BILLHOOK AND HATCHET
FOR THE CROWN. And the Curfew is in use in Leadhills village. ..."
5. Explorations and Adventures in Honduras: Comprising Sketches of Travel in by William Vincent Wells (1857)
"San Roque.—Mules and Horses.—Breaking a Colt.—Palms. — Vino de Coyol.—Hacienda
of Herradura.—Gold Legends.—Gold Net-sinkers and horseshoes.—A curious Will. ..."
6. Domesticated Animals: Their Relation to Man and to His Advancement in by Nathaniel Southgate Shaler (1895)
"Effect of the Invention of horseshoes.—Donkeys and Mules compared with Horse.—Especial
Value of these Animals.—Diminishing Value of Horses in Modern ..."
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