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sferra.

exhausted horseshoe; the old horseshoe after it is removed from the hoof of a horse

6 characters2 syllables approx.Italiano language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈsfɛr.ra/
  1. exhausted horseshoe; the old horseshoe after it is removed from the hoof of a horse

    feminine
  2. Various things which are old and worn out or with little value: old rusty knife or sword

    archaic · broadly · dialectal · feminine
  3. Various things which are old and worn out or with little value: rag (tattered piece of clothing)

    archaic · broadly · dialectal · feminine
  4. Various things which are old and worn out or with little value: piece of junk (item of little value)

    archaic · broadly · dialectal · feminine
  5. Various things which are old and worn out or with little value: good-for-nothing (worthless man)

    archaic · broadly · dialectal · feminine
  6. dredge (iron frame attached to a fine net when fishing molluscs)

    feminine · regional
Where this word comes from

From Vulgar Latin *exferra. By surface analysis, deverbal from sferrare (“to unshoe (a horse)”) + -a. Compare Neapolitan sferra and Sicilian sferra.

verb/ˈsfɛr.ra/
  1. inflection of sferrare: third-person singular present indicative

    form-of · indicative · present · singular · third-person
  2. inflection of sferrare: second-person singular imperative

    form-of · imperative · second-person · singular
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