dry-shod

[ drahy-shod ]

adjective

1. having or keeping the shoes dry.

Word History and Origins

Origin of dry-shod¹

before 1000; Middle English drye schodde, Old English drȳgsceod, equivalent to drȳg- dry + sc ( e ) od, past participle of scōgan to shoe, derivative of sc ( e ) ōh shoe

Example Sentences

All of Poseidon’s sons had the same power: they could run dry-shod on the sea as on the land, so the two followed her with no trouble.

From Literature

She just sent one keen look at the girl's flushed face, and then said: "It was more than a bit boggy across the waste; you'll get home dry-shod if we go the other way."

From Project Gutenberg

The place was so small that it no more than held the three who stood in it, nor all of them dry-shod.

From Project Gutenberg

Two of them, tall, brown, fierce-faced fellows, slung over their shoulders the long guns with which they were armed, stooped and lifted Sallie lightly up, carried her to the shore dry-shod.

From Project Gutenberg

He probably knew that the river was fordable at that season, but preferred to pass his men over dry-shod.

From Project Gutenberg