Research Results For 'Farriery'

FARRIERY

Farriery is the art of horse-shoeing. It consists in the attachment of a rim of iron, by means of nails, to the lower border of the horse's hoof, in order to prevent its excessive wear.
Research Farriery

CANKER

In horticulture, canker is a kind of gangrenous disease to which fruit-trees especially are liable, beginning in the younger shoots and gradually extending to the trunk.

In farriery, canker is a disease in horses' feet causing a discharge of fetid matter from the cleft in the middle of the frog, generally originating in a diseased thrush.
Research Canker

FARRIER

A farrier is a person who conducts farriery, originally the shoeing of horses but now also the veterinary care of horses.
Research Farrier

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