horse
shoe
Plural
horseshoes
1
U-shaped plate nailed to underside of horse's hoof
Synonyms:
2
game equipment consisting of an open ring of iron used in playing horseshoes
3
a shape that looks like the letter U, with two ends that curve slightly inward
- The dancers stood in a horseshoe formation.
- The village square was built in a horseshoe shape.
- The path made a horseshoe turn around the hill.
- The couch was arranged in a horseshoe around the fireplace.
- The lake had a clear horseshoe shape when seen from above.