单词 | iron-shod |
释义 | iron-shodadj. Tipped, edged, or sheathed with iron. Also: fitted with iron shoes. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > [adjective] > covered > plated or tipped iron-shod?a1400 iron-headed1588 steel-head1590 steel-headed1590 clouted1622 steelen1629 iron-plated1640 ?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng Chron. (Petyt) (1996) i. l. 4593 Iren schod was ilk a pele. 1606 N. Baxter Sir Philip Sydneys Ouránia sig. K4v Our Horses Yron shodd, to footen strong. 1694 P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 5th Bk. Wks. xxvii. 126 Their Chins were close shav'd, and their Feet Iron-shod. 1716 A. Hill Ess. for Dec. iii. 26 The Piles, or huge Trees, with sharp Iron-shod Points. 1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth VI. 383 Like the nails of an iron shod wheel. 1850 W. Irving Mahomet (1853) xi. 44 The soles of their iron shod boots were torn from the upper leathers. 1880 J. Thomson City of Dreadful Night 24 The trampling clash of heavy ironshod feet. 1931 E. Ferber Amer. Beauty i. 2 The rubbled country by-roads, built..for rude ox carts and the iron-shod hoofs of horses. 1960 C. Day Lewis Buried Day ii. 38 The cart, its iron-shod wheels roaring on the metalled road, leapt and swayed behind the ass. 2002 Church Times 18 Oct. 13/2 Crash upon the stones went the iron-shod staves of the gorgeously apparelled kavasses. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.?a1400 |
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