ˈiron-shod, a.
[f. iron n.1 + shod, pa. pple. of shoe v.]
Shod, tipped, or armed with iron.
| c 1330 R. Brunne Chron. Wace (Rolls) 4637 Iren-schod was ilka peel. 1774 Goldsm. Nat. Hist. (1776) VI. 383 Like the nails of an iron shod wheel. 1850 W. Irving Mahomet xi. (1853) 44 The soles of their iron shod boots were torn from the upper leathers. 1871–4 J. Thomson City Dreadf. Nt. ix. i, The trampling clash of heavy iron-shod feet. |