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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.
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Horseshoe arch. The horseshoe arch (Arabic: قوس حدوة الحصان; Spanish: arco de herradura), also called the Moorish arch and the keyhole arch, is a type of arch in which the circular curve is continued below the horizontal line of its diameter, so that the opening at the bottom of the arch is narrower than the arch's full span.
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]
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A horseshoe is a product designed to protect a horse hoof from wear. Shoes are attached on the palmar surface (ground side) of the hooves, usually nailed through the insensitive hoof wall that is anatomically akin to the human toenail , although much larger and thicker.
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.
Many patterns made with cables do not have a rope-like quality. For example, a deep honeycomb pattern can be made by adjacent serpentines, first touching the neighbor on the left then the neighbor on the right. Other common patterns include a "Y"-like shape (and its inverse) and a horseshoe crab pattern.