horseshoeing; shoeing a horse
Technical term for the act or process of fitting a horse with shoes.
The farrier adjusts the horseshoe to fit the horse's hoof.
Standard kanji spelling for horseshoeing.
Compound of 装 (そう, 'to equip, to dress') and 蹄 (てい, 'hoof'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the spelling is conventionally associated with horseshoeing.