An item traditionally fashioned on a last by a cordwainer; a U-shaped hoof protector forged on an anvil and regarded as a token of good luck; or, a ferrule on a sledge (4)
Word originally for any creature living in water as opposed to a “beast of the field” or a “bird of the air”, later a more specific aquatic vertebrate, such as a minnow, salmon or trout (4)
A block of chocolate, gold or soap; a measure in music; a counter in a café/pub; a shoal; or, a court of law (3)
From the late Latin for “stuff with tow or oakum”, a word used to mean block, plug or bring to a halt (4)