hooves
Horseshoe attachment points
Hooves is the plural of hoof—the hard covering that protects the feet of horses, cattle, deer, and similar animals.
Both hooves and hoofs are correct, though hooves is more common.
The hooves of the horses thundered across the bridge.
Swiftest quadruped gait
- canterModerate equine gait
- trotPace between walk, canter
- pranceStep high and proud
- clip-clopRhythmic hoof sound
thunder · charge · stride · pace · gait · hoofbeat · clatter · pounding
Structural hair protein
- frogTailless leaping amphibian
- soleFoot's bottom surface
- fetlockHorse's rear ankle joint
- pasternEquine ankle region
coronet · laminae · heel · toe · navicular · ergot · chestnut · dewclaw
Of the horse family
One who shoes horses
- shoeingAttaching hoof plates
- horseshoeCurved metal hoof protector
- blacksmithIron-shaping craftsperson
- anvilMetal-shaping block
rasp · nippers · trimming · shod · barefoot · forge · clinching · reset
gallop
Swiftest quadruped gait
clip-clop · thunder · charge · stride · pace · gait · hoofbeat · clatter · pounding · drumming
keratin
Structural hair protein
pastern · coronet · laminae · heel · toe · navicular · ergot · chestnut · dewclaw
equine
Of the horse family
ovine · cattle · sheep · goat · pig · deer · elk · moose · caribou · bison
farrier
One who shoes horses
- shoeingAttaching hoof plates
- horseshoeCurved metal hoof protector
- blacksmithIron-shaping craftsperson
anvil · rasp · nippers · trimming · shod · barefoot · forge · clinching · reset
laminitis
Inflammatory equine hoof disease
cobblestone
River-smoothed paving stone
grip · traction · footing · hardpan · mud · gravel · asphalt · arena · pasture · rocky
- cloven hoovesDivided animal feet
- horse hoovesUngulate foot structures
- galloping hooves
- split hoovesDivided ungulate feet