shoehorn

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: shoe=horn

CIDE DICTIONARY

shoehorn, n. 

•  A curved piece of polished horn, wood, or metal used to facilitate the entrance of the foot into a shoe.  [1913 Webster]
•  Anything by which a transaction is facilitated; a medium; -- by way of contempt.  Beau. & Fl.  [1913 Webster]

shoehorn, v. t. 

 to squeeze or force into a tight-fitting space, with or as though with a shoehorn; -- often used figuratively.  [PJC]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

shoehorn, n. a curved piece of horn, metal, etc., for easing the heel into a shoe.