shod

1. 1
   adjective

   Wearing shoes; having footwear on the feet.

   The hikers, well shod in sturdy leather boots, tackled the rocky trail.

   Servants in the household went shod even through the warmest months.

   Oppositebarefoot, unshod

   Note

   An old past participle that settled into an adjective: Middle English shoed, from the verb shon. It usually comes with an adverb that judges the footwear: well shod, poorly shod, unsuitably shod for a muddy hike. Because it is not comparable, a writer grades the shoes through that adverb rather than saying "more shod."

2. 2
   verb

   Simple past and past participle of shoe.

   The farrier shod each mare with a fresh set of iron shoes.

   Every cavalry horse was shod before the long march north.

   Note

   The irregular past form of the verb, most at home with horses and their iron shoes: the smith shod the mare. It shares its history with the adjective for wearing shoes, and the regular doublet shoed exists alongside it. After have it builds the perfect (she has shod the horses). After be it forms the passive (the horses were shod).

3. 3
   adjective

   Equipped or fitted with tires of a given type.

   The race car was shod with soft compound tires for better grip.

   Vehicles shod with deep-tread tires handle muddy terrain far better.

   Similarfitted, equipped

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