Shoe'ing-hôrn, n.
n. [From shoe and horn.]
Sense 1. A curved piece of horn used to facilitate the entrance of the foot into a shoe.
Sense 2. Hence, any thing by which a transaction is facilitated; any thing used as a medium;—by way of contempt. Spectator.
Sense 3. Hence, any thing which draws on or allures; an inducement. [Low.] Beau. & Fl.