farrier
IPA: fˈɛriɝ
noun
- A person who maintains the health and balance of horses' feet through the trimming of the hoof and fitting of horseshoes.
- A surname originating as an occupation for someone who was a farrier.
verb
- (intransitive) To practise as a farrier; to carry on the trade of a farrier.
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Examples of "farrier" in Sentences
- If you're ever interested in farrier pics, let me know.
- He called a farrier, who coolly rivetted irons on my ankles.
- Neily said, citing examples such as farrier work or dehorning.
- "they are called farrier's they are the one's who shoe horses, not black smith's"
- Marshall (Chapter XX) may stand for a great commander or a shoeing-smith, still called farrier-marshal in the army.
- = When a horse is taken sick, the sentinel will notify the noncommissioned officer, who in turn will call the farrier, and see that the horse is properly attended to.
- If one of the horses throws a shoe, I want to say so, in writing, before I call the farrier; and I'd like to be able to tell from my journal just how many bales of hay I have squirreled away in the barn.
- The barber and the farrier were the only two supposed to possess any medical talents; the one skilled in bleeding, drawing teeth, and setting a limb; the other, from his knowledge in the diseases of horses, being often consulted in human ailments.
- My father's name was John Muggleton; he was a smith by trade -- that is, a farrier or horse doctor; he was in great respect with the postmaster in King James's time; he had three children by my mother, two sons and one daughter, I was the youngest and my mother loved me. "
- Poor, simple Eddie, whose weary smile and ubiquitous brown leather waistcoat gave him the air of a long-suffering medieval farrier, was forever being dragged into subplots he couldn't understand when he'd much rather be trudging into the Argee Bhajee for an unhurried lunchtime livener.
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