horseshoes
Farrier's metal work
Horseshoes is a lawn game in which players toss U-shaped metal pieces at stakes set in the ground, scoring points for landing close or ringing the stake.
A ringer circles the stake completely.
The expression close only counts in horseshoes (sometimes adding and hand grenades) means that near-misses usually don't matter—except in games where proximity earns points.
One who shoes horses
- shoeingAttaching hoof plates
- mareFemale adult equine
- stallionIntact male breeding horse
- geldingCastrated male equine
colt · filly · nails · fitting · trimming · blacksmith · anvil · forge
Delivering toward the plate
- ringersBell operators or fakes
- stakesPosts or wagers
- leanerMore spare, less fat
- tossLight, casual throw
ringer · court · clay · sandpit · quits · doubles · singles · dead ringer
Iron-shaping craftsperson
- anvilMetal-shaping block
- forgeFurnace for shaping metal
- hammerTool for striking nails
- ironElement twenty-six
tongs · metalwork · heat · shaping · bending · steel · furnace · quenching
Attractive personal quality
- good luckFavorable chance or fortune
- talismanMagical protective charm
- amuletWorn protective token
- superstitionBaseless belief in omens
fortune · doorway · blessing · omen · auspicious · hanging · protection · iron
farrier
One who shoes horses
gelding · colt · filly · nails · fitting · trimming · blacksmith · anvil · forge · trot
pitching
Delivering toward the plate
toss · ringer · court · clay · sandpit · quits · doubles · singles · dead ringer · foul line
blacksmith
Iron-shaping craftsperson
iron · tongs · metalwork · heat · shaping · bending · steel · furnace · quenching · craftsmanship
charm
Attractive personal quality
superstition · fortune · doorway · blessing · omen · auspicious · hanging · protection · iron · nailed
- backyard gamesultimate frisbee, ultimate, disc golf, frisbee golf, bocce ball
- country festivitiescounty fair, state fair, country fair, harvest festival, fall festival
- Heartland Recreationfishing, boating, camping, hiking, hunting
- iron itemsanvils, skillets, Dutch ovens, griddles, andirons
- superstitionssuperstition, superstitions, hexes, black cats, broken mirror
- throwing gamesdarts, cornhole, disc golf, discus, frisbee
horseshoesvideo games
Interactive electronic entertainment
indoor games · board games · card games · darts · cornhole
horseshoesbroken mirror
Damaged reflective pane
black cat · curse · misfortune · jinx · hex
- horseshoe magnetCurved iron attractor
- horseshoe crabSpike-tailed marine arthropod
- lucky horseshoeSuperstitious iron charm
- horseshoe pitStakes-and-sand game area
horseshoe, horseshoeing, horseshoed, horseshoer, horseshoers