horseshoe

item designed to protect a horse's hoof from wear
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horseshoe

Summary

horseshoe ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,274 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • horseshoe is a type of footwear[2].
  • horseshoe is a type of lucky symbol[3].
  • horseshoe is used for horse shoeing[4].
  • horseshoe's Commons category is recorded as Horseshoes[5].
  • horseshoe's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Horseshoes[6].
  • horseshoe's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[7].
  • horseshoe's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[8].
  • horseshoe's described by source is recorded as Sytin Military Encyclopedia[9].
  • horseshoe's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[10].
  • horseshoe's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[11].
  • horseshoe's shape is recorded as horseshoe shape[12].
  • horseshoe's used by is recorded as horse[13].
  • horseshoe's different from is recorded as Q4367653[14].
  • horseshoe's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Q140249898[15].
  • horseshoe's worn by is recorded as horse[16].
  • horseshoe's worn on is recorded as horse hoof[17].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include footwear[2] and lucky symbol[3].

Use and Application

horseshoe is used for horse shoeing[4]. horseshoe's used by is recorded as horse[13].

Influence

Things named for horseshoe include horseshoe theory[18], a model[19]; Horseshoe Bend[20], a meander[21], in United States[22]; horseshoe sandwich[23]; horseshoe map[24]; and Lenuzzi's Horseshoe[25], a row of houses[26], in Croatia[27].

Why It Matters

horseshoe ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,274 views/month).[1] horseshoe has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] horseshoe is known by 49 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

Entities named for horseshoe include horseshoe theory[18], a model[19]; Horseshoe Bend[20], a meander[21], in United States[22]; horseshoe sandwich[23]; horseshoe map[24]; and Lenuzzi's Horseshoe[25], a row of houses[26], in Croatia[27].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [19] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [21] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [22] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [26] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [27] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 19d ago · Ciepiersia · 2026-09-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → horseshoes
    Has use → horse shoeing
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P366]]: [[Q1633999]]"
  2. 10w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Biblissima authority id → Joel Schumacher
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P11493]]: Q295207, Import ID Biblissima V3 ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/627d4912166|details]])"
  3. 15w ago · JhealdBatch bot · 2026-06-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    On focus list of wikimedia project → Q140249898
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/36807|batch #36807]]: tag for concrete/abstract disjunction anomaly"
  4. 16w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0270740-podkovy
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: 0270740-podkovy, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259494|batch #259494]]"
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