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shoed

Variant of shoe

noun

  1. an outer covering for the human foot, made of leather, canvas, etc. and usually having a stiff or thick sole and a heel: sometimes restricted to footwear that does not cover the ankle, as distinguished from a boot
  2. horseshoe
  3. something like a shoe in shape or use; specif.,
    1. a metal cap or ferrule fitted over the end of a cane, pole, staff, etc.
    2. brake shoe
    3. a part forming a base for the supports of a superstructure, as a roof, bridge, etc.
    4. the metal strip along the bottom of a sled runner
    5. the casing of a pneumatic tire
    6. the sliding contact plate by which an electric train picks up current from the third rail
    7. a metal protecting plate upon which a mechanical part moves

transitive verb shod or shoed, shod or shoed or shodden, shoeing

  1. to furnish or fit with a shoe or shoes
  2. to cover, tip, or sheathe (a stick, wearing surface, etc.) with a metal plate, ferrule, etc.

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2010 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio. Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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