roughshoev.
/ˈrʌfʃuː/, U.S. /ˈrəfˌʃu/ Now chiefly historical.
transitive. To provide (esp. a horse) with shoes which are roughed to prevent slipping.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > body or parts of horse > [adjective] > having particular type of feet > shod (in particular way) > be provided with shoes
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1805 C. G. Küttner & W. Nicholson New & Compl. Dict. German Lang. for Englishmen I. 522/1 (at Eis) Ein Pferd für das Eis beschlagen, to rough-shoe a horse.
1814 M. Berry Jrnl. 10 Nov. (1865) III. 36 There we waited two hours, to have the horse roughshod.
1871 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. May 659/2 The road..became so slippery, that the horse, which had not been rough-shod, could scarcely stand on his legs.
1914 E. Foord Napoleon's Russian Campaign 1812 ix. 242 No issue was made of clothing material until October 17th, nor were any preparations made for rough-shoeing the horses.
1957 F. E. Vandiver Mighty Stonewall ix. 188 Reluctantly Jackson halted at Unger's Store while the animals were roughshod.
1996 P. B. Austin 1812 ii. 54 Roos sees that many men are belatedly trying to rough-shoe their horses against the winter.
2004 D. H. Fischer Washington's Crossing (2005) 226 It was worse for artillery and horses that had not been roughshod for the winter.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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