sharp-shodadj.
Chiefly North American.
Of a horse: provided with caulked shoes; rough-shod. Also (as a back-formation) sharp-shoe v. rare (transitive) .
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > body or parts of horse > [adjective] > having particular type of feet > shod (in particular way)
roughshod1688
shodden1829
sharp-shod1889
the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > shoeing of horses > shoe [verb (transitive)] > with specific type of shoe
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plate1674
pick1893
sharp-shoe1962
1889 Cent. Dict. Sharp-shod.
1904 in Eng. Dial. Dict.
1906 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 20 Jan. 8/2 It was quite apparent from the horses' tracks in the snow that one saddle horse was sharp shod.
1935 H. L. Davis Honey in Horn xviii. 305 A man run down by a bunch of sharp~shod horses has a tendency to scatter around badly.
1962 J. Onslow Bowler-hatted Cowboy xi. 100 We sharp-shod our horses in front with shoes that had sharp calkins at the heels and one on each toe.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
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