soled, ppl. a.
(səʊld)
[f. sole n.1 or v.1]
Having a sole or soles (of a specified kind). Chiefly as the second element in various parasynthetic combinations: a. Of boots, shoes, etc. (Cf. single-soled a.)
| 1480 Wardr. Acc. Edw. IV (1830) 118 A pair of shoon double soled,..a pair of shoon single soled. 1541 in Academy (1883) 6 Oct. 231/3 For 6 payre of double sollyd showne, 4s 6d. 1611 Cotgr., Cothurne, a fashion of high⁓soled buskin vsed by the auncient Tragedians. 1756 Demi-Rep 35 With twice-sol'd shoes they stamp'd it to the House. 1760 C. Johnston Chrysal (1822) III. 154 He sallied out..in his thick-soled shoes. 1896 Strand Mag. XII. 349/1 [The diver's boots] are leaden-soled. 1899 A. Werner Captain of Locusts 237 She put on her flat⁓soled stuff shoes. |
b. Of persons or animals.
| a 1740 Tickell Fragm. on Hunting 74 Such be the dog..thou mean'st to train,..Large leg'd, dry sol'd, and of protended claw. |
c. Of a water-wheel.
| 1834–6 Encycl. Metrop. (1845) VIII. 88/2 This wheel..must..be close boarded, or technically close soled round its circumference. 1845 Ibid. Index 307/1 Soled wheel. |