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farrier /ˈfarɪə /nounA smith who shoes horses.He worked as a farrier, shoeing horses at the Middleburg training track and the surrounding area....- Then too, teamsters, stable boys, and farriers were all needed to tend the horses.
- There has been a shortage of farriers to shoe the thousands of both thoroughbred and sport horses in the country.
Derivativesfarriery /ˈfarɪəri / noun ...- It costs me about $40 each a week to feed them, and that's just basics: hay and hard pea, and that doesn't even take into consideration the vet expenses, the farriery.
- The profession of farriery nearly disappeared with the advent of automobiles and tractors.
OriginMid 16th century: from Old French ferrier, from Latin ferrarius, from ferrum 'iron, horseshoe'. Rhymesbarrier, carrier, harrier, tarrier |