noun
- Game equipment consisting of an open ring of iron used in playing horseshoes.
- synonyms: horseshoe
- U-shaped plate nailed to underside of horse's hoof.
- A game in which iron rings (or open iron rings) are thrown at a stake in the ground in the hope of encircling it.
- synonyms: quoits
verb
- Equip (a horse) with a horseshoe or horseshoes.
- synonyms: horseshoe
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