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  2. Horseshoe shape - Wikipedia

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    Horseshoe shape is a shape in which the length of the opening is approximately between a third or a quarter of a circle's circumference. [1] It therefore resembles a horseshoe. The shape is sometimes described as keyhole, omega-shaped or moon-like. [2] It occurs most frequently in the horseshoe that gives it its name.

  3. Croft Moraig Stone Circle - Wikipedia

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    The mouth of the horseshoe had a post set just inside it, and in the centre of the horseshoe there was a boulder with some burnt bone near it. [2] In the second phase the timber posts were replaced by a horseshoe setting of 8 standing stones, about 8 metres by 6 metres. [2] This was surrounded by a stone bank around 17 metres in diameter. [3]

  4. Category:Horseshoes in heraldry - Wikipedia

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  5. Hobnail - Wikipedia

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    Hobnailed boots (in Scotland "tackety boots") are boots with hobnails (nails inserted into the soles of the boots), usually installed in a regular pattern, over the sole. They usually have an iron horseshoe-shaped insert, called a heel iron, to strengthen the heel, and an iron toe-piece.

  6. Category:Islamic architectural elements - Wikipedia

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  7. List of former mosques in Portugal - Wikipedia

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    The mihrab and minaret usually projected out from the main walls of the mosque. [2] In some ancient mosques like the former Great mosque of Silves, water tanks or cisterns were built to store and supply water for Wudu, the washing ritual performed before prayers. [3] Horseshoe arches were a distinctive Iberian Moor architectural feature.

  8. Alfiz - Wikipedia

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    The alfiz (Spanish:, from Andalusi Arabic الحِيْز alḥíz, from Standard Arabic الحَيِّز alḥáyyiz, meaning 'the container'; [1]) is an architectural adornment, consisting of a moulding, usually a rectangular panel, which encloses the outward side of an arch.

  9. Hipposandal - Wikipedia

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    The nailed iron horseshoe first clearly appeared in the archaeological record in Europe in about the 5th century AD when a horseshoe, complete with nails, was found in the tomb of the Frankish King Childeric I at Tournai, Belgium. [9] In Gallo-Roman countries, the hipposandal appears to have briefly co-existed with the nailed horseshoe. [1] [7]