dryshod
See also: dry-shod
English
Etymology
dry + shod
Adverb
dryshod (not comparable)
- With one's footwear dry, not in or under water, usually referring to walking on ground which at another time, or usually, is covered with deep water.
- In 1975 and 1976 due to the extreme drought, Haweswater reservoir was nearly dry, and people walked dryshod to the island.
- For much of the Ice Age, men walked dryshod on the bed of the North Sea many fathoms below where ships now sail.