Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A knob of brass or iron screwed into the hoof or fastened to the shoe of a horse, for the purpose of correcting an error of gait in trotting, or of changing a pacing horse into a trotter.
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Examples
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A toe-weight shoe to increase the length of stride of fore feet 605 18.
Special Report on Diseases of the Horse Charles B. Michener 1877
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-- A toe-weight shoe to increase the length of stride of fore feet.
Special Report on Diseases of the Horse Charles B. Michener 1877
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