chaussé'd

English

Alternative forms

• chaussé-d

Etymology

chaussé +‎ -'d

Adjective

chaussé'd (comparative more chaussé'd, superlative most chaussé'd)

1. (obsolete) Shoed; wearing shoes.
   • 1847, George Croly, Marston: or, the Soldier and Statesman‎^[1], 2nd edition, volume II, London: Henry Colburn, page 301:

     she turned to me and implored that I should ‘move heaven and earth,’ as she termed it—with her blue eyes thrown up to the chandelier, and her remarkably pretty and well-chaussé’d feet still beating time to the dance

   • 1851, Lady Emmeline Stuart Wortley, Travels in the United States, etc., During 1849 and 1850‎^[2], New York: Harper & Brothers, page 371:

     At one of the intermediate ports, I forget which, several Peruvian ladies came on board, their diminutive feet chaussé’d with the prettiest little white satin boots imaginable, almost large enough for an English doll!

   • 1858, Sir Richard Levinge, A Day with the Brookside Harriers at Brighton‎^[3], London: G. Routledge & co., page 40:

     and how smartly dressed are the ladies, and how well chaussé-d!

   • 1860, Elizabeth Caroline Grey, The Autobiography of Frank; the Happiest Little Dog That Ever Lived, London: Darton and co., page 252:

     So great was my rapture when the tempting, exquisitely chaussé-d feet and legs gradually glissé-ed towards me, that my silver bells rang forth a peal of applause

Synonyms

• chaussé