heeled

English

Etymology

heel + -ed

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hiːld/

Verb

heeled

  1. simple past tense and past participle of heel

Adjective

heeled (comparative more heeled, superlative most heeled)

  1. Having a heel (often of a specified type, as in high-heeled etc.).
  2. (archaic) Prepared, especially armed with a weapon.
    • 1903, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, "The Adventure of the Dancing Men," Norton (2005 edition), p. 896:
      I was heeled also, and I held up my gun to scare him off and let me get away.
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