(n.) A covering for the human foot, usually made of leather,
having a thick and somewhat stiff sole and a lighter top. It differs
from a boot on not extending so far up the leg.
(n.) Anything resembling a shoe in form, position, or use.
(n.) A plate or rim of iron nailed to the hoof of an animal to
defend it from injury.
(n.) A band of iron or steel, or a ship of wood, fastened to the
bottom of the runner of a sleigh, or any vehicle which slides on the
snow.
(n.) A drag, or sliding piece of wood or iron, placed under the
wheel of a loaded vehicle, to retard its motion in going down a hill.
(n.) The part of a railroad car brake which presses upon the wheel
to retard its motion.
(n.) A trough-shaped or spout-shaped member, put at the bottom of
the water leader coming from the eaves gutter, so as to throw the water
off from the building.
(n.) The trough or spout for conveying the grain from the hopper
to the eye of the millstone.
(n.) An inclined trough in an ore-crushing mill.
(n.) An iron socket or plate to take the thrust of a strut or
rafter.
(n.) An iron socket to protect the point of a wooden pile.
(n.) A plate, or notched piece, interposed between a moving part
and the stationary part on which it bears, to take the wear and afford
means of adjustment; -- called also slipper, and gib.
(n.) To furnish with a shoe or shoes; to put a shoe or shoes on;
as, to shoe a horse, a sled, an anchor.
(n.) To protect or ornament with something which serves the
purpose of a shoe; to tip.
