Shoe"horn`, Shoe"ing-horn` (?), n.

1.

A curved piece of polished horn, wood, or metal used to facilitate the entrance of the foot into a shoe.

2. Figuratively: (a)

Anything by which a transaction is facilitated; a medium; — by way of contempt.

Anything which draws on or allures; an inducement.

Beau & Fl.

<-- verb shoehorn = squeeze into a tight-fitting place, as with a shoehorn. Also fig. -->

© Webster 1913.