farrier

What it means

1. A person who maintains the health and balance of horses' feet through the trimming of the hoofs and fitting of horseshoes.

   Synonyms: blacksmith, horseshoer

In a sentence

though there are many Pretenders to the Art of Farriering and Cow-leeching , yet many of them are very ignorant , especially in the Countrie

1707, J[ohn] Mortimer, The Whole Art of Husbandry; or, The Way of Managing and Improving of Land. […], London: […] J[ohn] H[umphreys] for H[enry] Mortlock […], and J[onathan] Robinson […], →OCLC

Where it comes from

1. Latinferrārius
2. Old Frenchferrier
3. Middle Frenchferrier
4. Englishfarrier

Borrowed from Middle French ferrier, from Old French ferrier, from Latin ferrārius, from ferrum (“iron”).