plural of horseshoe curve

A curve in the shape of a horseshoe, often on a railway, where hairpin bends cannot be used.

(mechanical engineering) In an engine, the power measured in horse power delivered to a rotating shaft, which could be in a turbine, or transmission.

(aviation) In a turboprop engine, the power measured in horse power equivalent to that delivered to a propeller shaft.

(vulgar, idiomatic) Exceptionally favorable personal luck.

plural of pretty horsebreaker

(euphemistic, obsolete) A courtesan; a female prostitute.

(medicine) The cauda equina syndrome.

A moustache covering the lip and having vertical extensions reaching down from the corners of the lips to the jawline, resembling an upside-down U or a horseshoe.

Suitable for a horse.