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Entry 3 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Shoehorn

/sho͞oh'-ôrnˌ/ · Shoe·horn · IPA /ˈʃuːˌhɔɹn/
01 n. A curved piece of polished horn, wood, or metal used to facilitate the entrance of the foot into a shoe.
  1. 1.
    A curved piece of polished horn, wood, or metal used to facilitate the entrance of the foot into a shoe.
  2. 2.
    Anything by which a transaction is facilitated; a medium; -- by way of contempt.[Low]
02 v. t. to squeeze or force into a tight-fitting space, with or as though with a shoehorn; -- often used figuratively.
  1. 1.
    to squeeze or force into a tight-fitting space, with or as though with a shoehorn; -- often used figuratively.