charlier shoe

British

/ ˈtʃɑːlɪə /

noun

a special light type of horseshoe that does not have a toe clip; it is applied by a farrier before a horse is turned out

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This observer holds that adequate pressure is unobtainable by packing the foot, and, to obtain it, removes the wall from heel to heel, much after the manner of preparing the foot for the Charlier shoe, so that the whole of the weight is taken by the sole and the frog.

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