Ferradura

What is

Arc-shaped piece of iron of more than half a circumference that is nailed under the hoof of the horse, mule or donkey to protect it (DCVB).

How is

• Iron arch with holes for nails.
• Sizes according to the beast: the old tariff distinguishes rosinal (horse) horseshoes, mules and asnals (DCVB).

How is fa

• Forging in the forge of the ferrer or ferrador (see ferro forjat and enclusa i manxa ).

Com s'usa

• Ferrar: the ferrador trims the hoof, adjusts the hot shoe and nails it.
• In Mallorca the word is also applied to the shoe: the first cover of the heel and the piece of iron nailed to the heel or the tip to reinforce it (DCVB, Mall.; see sabata Porquera ).
• At sea (Mall.): arched piece of iron at the ends of the eel for beaching boats (DCVB).

Vocabulary

• ferradura: horseshoe; shoe cover or reinforcement (Mall.).
• ferrar: shoe.
• ferrador: farrier.
• ferradures rosinals / de mules / asnals: horse / mule / donkey.
• La Ferradura: small cove on the coast of Pollença, towards Ariant (DCVB).

History

• 1069: ferradura still means furniture fittings ("archa una cum ferradura", DCVB).
• Old tariff: "rosinal ferradures at four sous, mules at three sous and asnals at two sous" (DCVB; date to be verified).
• 20th century: with the tractor, the majority of rural farriers disappeared.

On veure'n

• Active farriers for trotting and walking horses (to verify).
• Museum of Mallorca, ethnological section (Wall) .

Why is it design

• Scale by species: three sizes, three prices.
• Object transfer: the horseshoe goes from the animal to the page's shoe.
• Cyclic maintenance: the iron is changed, recycled.

For the project

• Visit a living farrier and document the trade.
• The horseshoe on the shoe, connection with Inca and footwear .

Sources

• dcvb.iec.cat/results.asp?Word=ferradura
• dcvb.iec.cat/results.asp?Word=ferrar
• dcvb.iec.cat/results.asp?Word=ferrador

Working text from the Disseny Indígena knowledge base, machine-translated from Spanish.

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