toed, ppl. a.
(təʊd)
[f. toe n. and v. + -ed.]
1. Having a toe or toes; mainly in compounds in which the first element specifies the number or kind of toes, as three-toed, black-toed. Of a stocking, Having separate divisions for the toes; of a clog, or the like, Having a (leather) toe-piece.
| 1611 Cotgr., Guillemot, a certain three-towed fowle. 1757 Jefferys Collect. Dresses I. 29 The Slipper resembles a toed Clog. 1772–84 Cook Voy. (1790) I. 17 On the 25th this gentleman shot a black-toed gull. 1774 Trinket 37 In her little black bonnet, India handkerchief, and toed clogs. 1880 Haughton Phys. Geog. vi. 281 They..possessed five-toed fore and hind feet. 1895 Outing (U.S.) XXVII. 200/1 That old man, upon his old-fashioned, curly-toed skates. 1910 Daily Chron. 15 Mar. 7/4 The stockings were toe-ed. |
2. Carpentry. Secured or joined by nails driven obliquely; also of a nail, driven obliquely.
| 1877 Knight Dict. Mech., Toed (Carpentry), a brace, strut, or stay is said to be toed when it is secured by nails driven in obliquely and attaching it to the beam [etc.]. |