A farrier is a specialist in farriery: equine hoof care, including the trimming and balancing of horses’ hooves and the placing of shoes on their hooves when necessary. A farrier combines some blacksmith’s skills (fabricating, adapting, and adjusting metal shoes) with some veterinarian’s skills (knowledge of the anatomy and physiology of the lower limb) to care for horses’ feet.
Learned a new word today!
Farrier
And the knowledge of The Horseman’s Word.