Horse Shoe Bend
lake or loch · County of Herefordshire
Old EnglishSurmised
Probable2 sources · name elements
This name describes a bend in a river or stream that is shaped like a horseshoe. 'Horse' is likely descriptive, and 'shoe' refers to the shape.
Word origins
- Horse
- Old EnglishAttestedhorse(from hors "horse")
- Shoe
- Old EnglishAttestedshoe, something shaped like a shoe(from scōh "shoe")
- Bend
- Old Englishbend(from bendan "to bend")