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shod

shod

1 7.2
Wearing shoes or other footwear
  • adjective
  • /ʃɑd/
translation icon : calzado
  • Also, lower down on the Baja Diablo another party of Indians saw signs - of shod horses crossing a ford.
  • shod feet
  • clean-shod
  • well-shod

Examples

  • Thus shod, he paced back and forth in front of a mirror set upon the carpeted floor.

    Fiction book (1995)
  • A question was asked and answered, but Karo did not hear the words for the whistle of the hot dawn wind and the ring of shod hoofs on cobbles.

    Fiction book (1992)
  • Now you have fewer boots to trouble you and the children are properly shod.

  • - Yes'm, he's shod.

  • The horse is well shod with sturdy iron shoes, making it easier to trot on the rocky trails.

  • Before the big event, she ensured that all the horses were properly shod to avoid any injuries.

  • With his new leather boots, he felt confident that he was shod for the long journey ahead.

Synonyms

shoed
vsshod
1 5.6

A person, animal, or thing that wears coverings on the feet, for example horses with metal pieces on their hooves

is broader, applying to people, animals, and religious group distinctions
shodden
vsshod
  • Archaic
9.9

Wearing shoes or boots rather than being barefoot

is the standard or more common single word form
calced
vsshod
  • Jargon
9.9

Wearing shoes in some religious groups instead of going barefoot

is the broader term applying to any people or animals with footwear

Antonyms

unshod
  • Archaic
1 8.6

A person or animal that is not wearing shoes, like a horse without horseshoes

Compounds

9.9

To keep your feet or shoes dry when crossing wet ground

How Shod

shod
1 7.2
slippered
1 5.1
barefoot
72 1.1

Surface Forms

shod positive

Etymology

Shod comes from an old English word shoe, which means 'cover for the foot'. So to be shod is to 'have shoes on', whether a person or an animal.