shoer

American  

[shoo-er] / ˈʃu ər /

noun

1. a person who shoes horses or other animals.

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shoer British  

/ ˈʃuːə /

noun

1. rare a person who shoes horses; farrier

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Etymology

Origin of shoer

before 900; Old English scōere shoemaker (not recorded in ME); see shoe, -er ¹

Example Sentences

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shoer

The horse, an animal with brains enough, Replied, 'Sirs, you yourselves may read my name; My shoer round my heel hath writ the same.'

From Fables of La Fontaine — a New Edition, with Notes by Wright, Elizur

We know of a shoer in Worcester County, Massachusetts, who has a wide local reputation for "doctoring" weak knees.

From Rational Horse-Shoeing by Russell, John E.

Farrier is the name given generally either to the professional shoer of horses or in a more extended sense to a practitioner of the veterinary art; and farriery is the term for his business.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" by Various

In very many cases a good practical shoer can remove the trouble by proper paring and shoeing.

From The Mule A Treatise on the Breeding, Training, and Uses to Which He May Be Put by Riley, Harvey

"If that rascally shoer has blundered in his work he'll not get another chance at you, boy," Merriwell declared.

From Frank Merriwell's Races by Standish, Burt L.