Definition of "horseshoe" []

• A flat U-shaped metal plate fitted and nailed to the bottom of a horse's hoof for protection. (noun)
• A U-shaped object similar to a horseshoe. (noun)
• A game in which players toss horseshoes or horseshoe-shaped metal pieces at a stake so as to encircle it or come closer to it than the other players. (noun)
• To fit with horseshoes. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "It seems that Francis 'success on the whatever you call a horseshoe lane (pitch, field, alley, court?) is unrivaled in other sports."
• "Then he effected a corner in horseshoe nails, and they circulated at par with legal tender, four to the dollar, till an unexpected consignment of a hundred barrels or so broke the market and forced him to disgorge his stock at a loss."
• "Francis 'success on the whatever you call a horseshoe lane (pitch, field, alley, court?) is unrivaled in other sports."