sharp-shod, a. Chiefly N. Amer.
[f. sharp adv. + shod ppl. a.]
Of a horse: provided with caulked shoes; rough-shod. Also [as a back-formation] sharp-shoe v. trans. rare.
| 1889 Cent. Dict., Sharp-shod. 1904 in Eng. Dial. Dict. 1906 Daily Colonist (Victoria, B.C.) 20 Jan. 8/2 It was quite apparent from the horses' tracks in the snow that one saddle horse was sharp shod. 1935 H. 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. |