chaussé'd

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English

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Etymology

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From chaussé +‎ -'d.

Adjective

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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

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