\Shoe"horn`\, Shoeing-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. --Spectator.
   (b) Anything which draws on or allures; an inducement.
       [Low] --Beau. & Fl.