shoeing, vbl. n.
(ˈʃuːɪŋ)
Forms: 4–6 shoyng(e, (4 ssoinge), 4–7 shoing, 5 schoynge, schoing, 5–6 scho(w)yng, 6 showing, showyng(e, shouing, (schevyng, 7 schewing), 6–8 shooing, 7– shoeing.
[f. shoe v. + -ing1.]
1. The action of shoe v.; the action of putting shoes on a person or animal, or of furnishing a pile, wheel, etc. with a shoe.
| c 1440 Promp. Parv. 447/2 Schoynge, of menn, calceacio. Schoynge, of hors, ferracio. 1458 Nottingham Rec. II. 366 For vj. powls schoyng and þe powls ij s. 1515 Acc. Ld. High Treas. Scot. V. 32 Item..for..the schoyng of gun cartis..iij li. x s. 1523–34 Fitzherb. Husb. §109 Enterfyre is a sorance, and cometh of yll shoynge. 1657 W. Coles Adam in Eden cxii, Laid or bound to a Horses foot that is grievously pricked with shooing. 1707 Fleetwood Chron. Prec. v. 149 For Hay, Oats, Litter and Shooing. 1840 Thackeray Catherine vii, My horse wants shoeing. 1883 ‘Annie Thomas’ Mod. Housewife 67 The only broad rule that can be laid down for the successful shoeing of children is [etc.]. |
2. concr. a. Shoes collectively.
| a 1340 Hampole Psalter cvii. 10 In til ydumy i sall streke my shoynge. 1382 Wyclif Exod. iii. 5 But lowse thow thi shoyng [v.r. schone] fro thi feyt. c 1450 Godstow Reg. 394 And..the forsaid hugh shold fynde the forsaid Anneys..in vitaile clothyng and shoyng. 1480 Caxton Chron. Eng. ccxxvi. 233 They were more lyche to tormentours and deuels in hir clothyng and shoyng. 1483 Cath. Angl. 337/2 A schoynge, ferramentum. Ibid., Schoynge of a byschope (v.r. schon of a bischoppe), sandalia. 1530 Palsgr. 267/1 Schowyng of an horse, ferrure. |
b. The protective casing or covering with which a thing is shod.
| 1805 R. W. Dickson Pract. Agric. I. 378 A strong lever, shod with iron, and having the iron shoeing bent a little upwards. 1806 Morison Decis. XXXIII. 14296 The shoeing or causewaying in the river..must be taken away. 1870 2nd Rep. Dep. Kpr. Irel. 20 The sides of the tray are fitted with a light shoeing of wood. 1892 R. C. Leslie Sea-Boat 162 Shooing, an iron band to protect the keel. |
3. attrib. and
Comb., as
shoeing forge,
shoeing-hammer,
shoeing-shed,
shoeing-stool,
shoeing-trade;
shoeing smith, a smith who shoes horses.
| 1889 Harper's Mag. June 13/2 Outside the town you find the *shoeing forges. |
| 1753 Chambers' Cycl. Suppl., *Shoeing-hammer. |
| 1833 Loudon Encycl. Archit. §418 The *shoeing-shed ought to have rings in the walls for the..halters of the horses being shod, to be fastened to. |
| 1809 Sporting Mag. XXXIII. 41 Mr. Goodwin, *shoeing-smith. |
| 1861 Dickens Gt. Expect. I. ix. 146 ‘Should you, Pip?’ said Joe, drawing his *shoeing stool near the forge. |
| 1865 H. Kingsley Hillyars I. ii. 11 His business was..what we call a good *shoeing trade, principally with the omnibus horses. |