horseshoeing
Nailing on shoes
Horseshoeing is the craft of fitting horses with horseshoes—metal plates nailed to the hooves to protect them from wear on hard surfaces.
The work requires shaping the shoe to match each hoof and driving nails through the insensitive outer hoof wall.
A practitioner is a farrier: The stable scheduled horseshoeing for Tuesday.
One who shoes horses
- anvilMetal-shaping block
- forgeFurnace for shaping metal
- nailsMetal fasteners, finger coverings
- hammerTool for striking nails
rasp · tongs · clinching · corrective shoeing · reset · punching
Cutting away excess
- soleFoot's bottom surface
- frogTailless leaping amphibian
- white linePainted road boundary
- laminaeThin flat layers
thrush · laminitis · founder · hoof pick · abscess · crack repair
Element twenty-six
- steelCarbon-hardened iron alloy
- shapingGiving something its form
- bendingCurving from straight
- punchingStriking with closed fist
forging · quenching · tempering · welding · drawing · swaging · hot metal · blacksmithing
Female adult equine
- stallionIntact male breeding horse
- geldingCastrated male equine
- ponyCompact equine breed
- racehorseEquine bred for speed
workhorse · mule · donkey · foal · gait · lameness · soundness · pastern
Chance affecting outcomes
- good luck charmObject thought to bring fortune
- doorwayPassage into a room
- superstitionBaseless belief in omens
- talismanMagical protective charm
amulet · folklore · wedding tradition · protective symbol · Irish tradition
farrier
One who shoes horses
hammer · rasp · tongs · clinching · corrective shoeing · reset · punching
trimming
Cutting away excess
- soleFoot's bottom surface
- frogTailless leaping amphibian
- white linePainted road boundary
laminae · thrush · laminitis · founder · hoof pick · abscess · crack repair
iron
Element twenty-six
punching · forging · quenching · tempering · welding · drawing · swaging · hot metal · blacksmithing · metalworking
mare
Female adult equine
racehorse · workhorse · mule · donkey · foal · gait · lameness · soundness · pastern · fetlock
luck
Chance affecting outcomes
- good luck charmObject thought to bring fortune
- doorwayPassage into a room
- superstitionBaseless belief in omens
talisman · amulet · folklore · wedding tradition · protective symbol · Irish tradition
- horse carefarrier, mucking stalls, grooming, shoeing, brushing
- smithingforging, blacksmithing, hammering, hand forging, upsetting
horse, shoe, horseshoe, hooves, equestrian, equine, horseshoes, horsy, horseshoed