horse's hoofs
Shod with iron
Horse's hoofs is the possessive plural referring to the hard coverings on a horse's feet.
The standard plural is hooves, but hoofs remains acceptable: The farrier examined the horse's hoofs for cracks.
The phrase typically appears in contexts of equine care, shoeing, or the sound of a horse moving: I heard the horse's hoofs on the cobblestones.
Structural hair protein
- frogTailless leaping amphibian
- soleFoot's bottom surface
- coronetSmall noble's circlet
- pasternEquine ankle region
fetlock · laminae · navicular · wall · heel · toe · white line · bulb
Spotted woodland vocalist
- laminitisInflammatory equine hoof disease
- abscessLocalized pus collection
- navicular diseaseDegeneration in horse's heel bone
- founderOne who begins something
Attaching hoof plates
- farrierOne who shoes horses
- blacksmithIron-shaping craftsperson
- anvilMetal-shaping block
- forgeFurnace for shaping metal
horseshoe · nails · rasp · trimming · pincers · tongs · clinching · reset
keratin
Structural hair protein
pastern · fetlock · laminae · navicular · wall · heel · toe · white line · bulb · sesamoid
thrush
Spotted woodland vocalist
- laminitisInflammatory equine hoof disease
- abscessLocalized pus collection
- navicular diseaseDegeneration in horse's heel bone
shoeing
Attaching hoof plates
- farrierOne who shoes horses
- blacksmithIron-shaping craftsperson
- anvilMetal-shaping block
forge · horseshoe · nails · rasp · trimming · pincers · tongs · clinching · reset · corrective shoeing
clip-clop
Rhythmic hoof sound
thud · thunder · patter · drumming · staccato · tapping · cobblestones · pavement · cadence · rhythm
gallop
Swiftest quadruped gait
stride · gait · footfall · tempo · rhythm · cadence · beat · collection · extension · tracking
horse's hoofspaws
Animal feet
claws · cat's paws · talons · padded feet · webbed feet
horse, horses, horsed, horsing, horsy, horsey, horseman, horsemanship, horseback