dry-shod, a.
(ˈdraɪʃɒd)
[= dry shoed, with dry shoes.]
Having one's shoes dry; without wetting the feet. (With go, pass, walk, etc.)
| 1535 Coverdale Josh. Contents iii, The people go thorow it drye shodd. c 1586 C'tess Pembroke Ps. lxvi. iii, Through Jordans streames we dry-shod waded. 1679 Dryden Troilus v. ii, And dry-shod we may pass the naked ford. 1808 Scott Marm. ii. ix, Dry-shod, o'er sands, twice every day, The pilgrims to the shrine find way. |
b. attrib. qualifying passage, etc.
| 1813 Scott Trierm. i, A dry-shod pass from side to side. |