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shoe (iou)



shoe verb trans. ; pres. pple shoeing.

1. Put shoes on (a person, oneself, the feet); protect (the feet) with shoes; provide (a person, oneself) with footwear of a specified kind. Usu. in pass. OE.
2. a. Provide (a horse or other animal) with a shoe or shoes. ME.
b. Provide (a motor vehicle) with tyres of a specified type or quality. E20.
3. Protect (the point, edge or face of an object, esp. a wooden one) with a metal plate, rim, ferrule, or casing. ME.
4. transf. Cover or protect as with a shoe or shoes. ME.
shoer noun (a) (long rare or obsolete) a shoemaker; (b) a person who shoes esp. a horse etc.: OE.
shoey noun (Military slang) a shoeing-smith in a cavalry regiment E20.