单词 | heeled |
释义 | heeledadj.1 1. a. Having a heel (in various senses) or heel-like projection.In quots. eOE, OE probably: spec. having large or prominent heels. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for legs > clothing for legs and feet > [adjective] heeledeOE laced1441 upper-stocked1535 stocked1598 steeple-clocked1776 footless1853 fashioned1881 digitated1882 seamless1921 stay-up1949 dazzle1958 sandal-foot1959 the world > life > the body > external parts of body > limb > extremities > foot > [adjective] > heel heeledeOE the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > footwear > shoe or boot > [adjective] > with heel heeled1797 the world > animals > animal body > general parts > [adjective] > having a protuberance > having heel-like projection heeled1854 eOE Cleopatra Gloss. in W. G. Stryker Lat.-Old Eng. Gloss. in MS Cotton Cleopatra A.III (Ph.D. diss., Stanford Univ.) (1951) 132 Calcanosus, helade. OE Harley Gloss. (1966) 43 Calcanosus, healede. 1562 J. Heywood Epigr. (1867) 134 A hart in a heelde hose, can neuer do weele. 1797 Botanist's Cal. II. 378 Style with 3 angles, heeled and pubescent above: Legumens inflated. 1797 ‘Mr. Addison’ Interesting Anecd. XII. 259 If my shoes are not brought home to my lodgings very stoutly soaled and heeled, his Lordship and I shall have a sore quarrel. 1836 A. H. Lincoln Familiar Lect. Bot. (ed. 5) ix. 57 Erysimum...valves concave, nerveless, not heeled. 1854 S. P. Woodward Man. Mollusca ii. 299 Foot large, heeled. 1939 J. Steinbeck Grapes of Wrath viii. 114 His stiff jeans, with the bottoms turned up eight inches to show his heeled boots. 1990 Kiva 55 358 (caption) Female figures wearing dresses and heeled shoes while carrying baskets or bags. 2014 Luton on Sunday (Nexis) It's time to splash out on novelty ties and wrap up a five-pack of heeled socks. b. As the second element in parasynthetic compounds: having heels (in various senses) of a specified kind.heavy-heeled, low-heeled, narrow-heeled, wire-heeled, etc.: see the first element. See also high-heeled adj., light-heeled adj., red-heeled adj., etc. ΚΠ 1593 B. Barnes Parthenophil & Parthenophe 119 The lead-heeld lazie luskines louping Fling out in their new mottley breeches. 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Celeripedean, swift footed, nimble heel'd. 1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 245 Persian Boots (which are low-heel'd and good cordovan Leather). 1743 H. Bracken Traveller's Pocket-farrier 20 There are some Horses that are tender-footed or tender-heel'd, from Age and hard Usage. 1772 R. Weston Universal Botanist III. 527 White-heeled Virginian Orchis. 1851 White's Compend. Vet. Art (ed. 18) liv. 314 Several horses of the Royal Artillery..were said to be lame from wearing the thin-heeled shoe. 1913 tr. Captain von Wiese und Kaiserswaldau in From Congo to Niger & Nile I. xii. 220 Hunting was my chief resource, and I shot several water-bucks, and ‘black-heeled’ antelopes. 1997 N.Y. Times 18 Nov. b15/2 Saks Fifth Avenue has..thick-heeled boots in suede by Yves Saint Laurent ($500). 2010 J. FitzGerald What disturbs our Blood 59 I heard his open-heeled slippers flapping up the stairs. 2. a. Of a fighting cock: provided with artificial spurs. Now rare. ΚΠ 1839 Brady's Clavis calendaria (new ed.) 121 In this inhuman contest, a number of cocks heeled with artificial spurs, are turned down together. 1878 F. H. Gray Cocker's Man. (ed. 2) 60 Your cock being heeled, you will bring him in the pit for battle. 1902 L. Wright New Bk. Poultry xxii. 347/2 A battle with two heeled cocks in good condition rarely lasts five minutes. 1921 Collier's 19 Mar. 20/2 Every one of them'll go bare-legged against a heeled cock an' die peckin' when they can't shuffle no more. 1932 Arrow (Sydney) 22 Jan. 16/3 With badly heeled cocks, or with birds of poor fighting ability, the combat is sometimes prolonged. b. slang (originally U.S.). Chiefly in predicative use. (a) Of a person: armed with a revolver or other weapon. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > arming or equipping with weapons > [adjective] > armed or provided with firearms > with small arms small-armed1756 heeled1866 rodded1929 1866 ‘M. Twain’ Lett. from Hawaii (1967) 86 In Virginia City, in former times, the insulted party..would lay his hand gently on his six-shooter and say, ‘Are you heeled?’ 1883 Leisure Hour 282/2 The ratio of ‘heeled’ citizens increased..the meekest-looking individual having one [sc. a revolver]. 1906 C. de L. Canfield Diary of Forty-Niner xxii. 192 We both stood in the door and when they rode up they saw we were heeled and had the advantage of being inside. 1928 ‘I. Hay’ Poor Gentleman xvii. 284 A scattered shot or two rang out—doubtless some of the defenders were ‘heeled’. 1956 ‘E. McBain’ Cop Hater (1958) v. 47 ‘Were you heeled when they pulled you in?’..‘We didn't even have a water pistol between us.’ 1991 R. Brown & R. Angus A.K.A. Narc 135 I'll be heeled so we're covered. (b) Provided or equipped with resources, esp. money; well off, wealthy. Now rare except in well-heeled adj., better-heeled adj.Recorded earliest in well-heeled adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > wealth > [adjective] > well-off wellc1405 sufficient1436 full?1483 suffisant1484 beina1525 warmc1571 well-breeched1571 meaned1605 well-meaned1605 well-lined1611 substanced?1614 well-circumstanced1643 forehanded1658 uppish1678 easy1701 brownstone1780 forehand1784 solid1788 well-to-do1794 snug1801 strong farmer1802 well-fixed1822 unindigent1830 well off1842 fixed1844 comfortably offc1850 heeled1871 well-heeled1871 well in1888 independent1893 1871 Neosho Valley Reg. (Iola, Kansas) 21 Sept. Mr. L. L. Northrup is..so well ‘heeled’ that he gives his attention entirely to the banking business. 1873 J. H. Beadle Undevel. West xi. 190 As it was my first visit to Washington, I was but poorly ‘heeled’ for the work. 1880 Pacific Metropolis (San Francisco) 12 June 8/4 His friends want him to go ‘heeled’ and so they've got up the biggest sort of a bill for..next Wednesday night. 1881 Ld. Dunraven in 19th Cent. Nov. 688 We ain't much ‘heeled’ for chairs. Note, A bird is said to be heeled when his spurs are put on and he is ready for the fight. 1921 Munsey's Mag. Dec. 491/1 ‘I never carry any money to speak of myself,’ he added; ‘only to-night I'm bidding on Yellow Hornet, and I came heeled.’ 1953 P. Adler House is not Home ii. 55 I made up my mind to go back in the whorehouse business and this time not to quit until I was really heeled. 3. Golf. Of a ball or shot: struck or made with the heel (heel n.1 10p) of the club. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > golf > [adjective] > types of stroke heeled1887 lofted1887 sliced1890 sclaffy1896 foozled1899 lofting1905 duffed1906 holeable1909 socketed1911 explosive1912 chipped1916 fluffed1923 missable1924 bump-and-run1978 1887 Nature 22 Sept. 503/1 Since a ‘heeled’ ball deviates to the right as a ‘sliced’ ball does, it must be rotating in a similar manner. 1891 Field 7 Mar. 349/1 A heeled tee stroke at this point is sure to lie in tufty grass. 1900 Golfing Ann. 1899–1900 28 A heeled ball finding a resting place in a ditch. 1959 N.Y. Times 18 Mar. 39/7 Occasionally, a low hook or slice or heeled shot of a golfer carries upon their lawn. 1992 K. Van Kampen Visual Golf (1993) v. 45 An upright stance will result in a high center of gravity, which can cause you to lose your balance toward the toes, causing shanked irons and heeled drives. 4. Faro. Designating a bet placed on two cards in which the counters are placed on the diagonal between the two cards. Now rare. ΚΠ 1897 R. F. Foster Compl. Hoyle 488 20 and 21 are heeled bets, the bottom counter being flat on the corner of the card, and the remainder being tilted over toward the card diagonally across from the one on which the bet is placed. 1923 L. H. Dawson Hoyle's Games Modernized 274 A ‘heeled Bet’ is said to be one in which the counters of the stake are placed diagonally across from one card to another signifying that the punter is playing both cards to win. 1938 H. Asbury Sucker's Progress i. 15 Heeled bets, wagers which played one card to win and another to lose. Heeler or heel, a player who consistently made heeled bets. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). heeledadj.2ΚΠ a1450 (?c1400) Three Kings Cologne (Royal) (1886) 23 A strete þat þan was clepede þe couerid or þe helid strete. 2. With preceding modifying word: having a roof of a specified material. English regional (Sussex) in later use. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > roof > [adjective] > roofed covert1393 roofed1555 heeled1578 unreaved1646 covered1667 roofy1697 cleithral1849 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball i. xxxii. 46 Olde tyled, or stone healed houses. 1894 W. Sussex County Times 5 May 4/2 For Sale, a Block of Four Freehold Brick-built Slate-healed Modern Cottages. 1955 Country Life 25 Nov. (Suppl.) 16/1 (advt.) A delightful residence situated in the High Street, being part brick and stone-built with weather-tiled elevations and Horsham stone-heeled roof. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1eOEadj.2a1450 |
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