shoer

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Farrier is the name given generally either to the professional shoer of horses or in a more extended sense to a practitioner of the veterinary art; and farriery is the term for his business.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" by Various

A great deal depends on the judgment of the shoer to meet the conditions presented, depending on the degree of the convexity and strength of the sole.

From Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 by Lacroix, John Victor

"How comes it then that I find you in the dawn, wet with rain, buffeted by wind, and—most of all—a shoer of horses?"

From The Broad Highway by Farnol, Jeffery

We know of a shoer in Worcester County, Massachusetts, who has a wide local reputation for "doctoring" weak knees.

From Rational Horse-Shoeing by Russell, John E.

"Grody took him to the shoer, that's all."

From Frank Merriwell's Races by Standish, Burt L.