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# farrier

noun (a farrier, farriers)

«farrier» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A farrier is a person whose job is to look after horses' hooves and fit horseshoes on them. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/farrier/#m1)
2. In the past a farrier could also treat sick horses, a little like an animal doctor. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/farrier/#m2)

### In the lessons

In everyday country life a farrier visits stables every few weeks to trim hooves and nail on new shoes; it does not hurt the horse because the outer hoof has no feeling. In stories and history lessons the farrier works at a forge with fire, an anvil and a hammer. Phrases: call the farrier, the farrier's forge.

### Examples

- The farrier came to fit new shoes on my pony. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/farrier/#x1)
- A farrier trims horses' hooves like we cut our nails. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/farrier/#x2)
- The farrier heated the horseshoe in the forge. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/farrier/#x3)
- Nailing on a shoe doesn't hurt the horse. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/farrier/#x4)
- My uncle trained for years to become a farrier. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/farrier/#x5)
- The farrier shod 4 horses, each with 4 shoes, so he used 16 shoes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/farrier/#x6)
- The knight's horse needed the farrier after the long ride. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/farrier/#x7)

### Note

Countable noun. A blacksmith makes things from iron in general; a farrier works with horses' hooves, though one person can be both. The verb for putting on horseshoes is «shoe» (shoe, shod). In maths, a horse has 4 hooves, so it needs 4 shoes.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «farrier» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/farrier/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«farrier» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/farrier.html) on Mova free.