heeled
English
Etymology
heel + -ed
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /hiːld/
- Rhymes: -iːld
Verb
heeled
- simple past tense and past participle of heel
Adjective
heeled (comparative more heeled, superlative most heeled)
- Having a heel (often of a specified type, as in high-heeled etc.).
- (archaic) Prepared, especially armed with a weapon. [from 19th c.]
- 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.
- 1903, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, "The Adventure of the Dancing Men," Norton (2005 edition), p. 896:
- (slang) Wealthy; having enough money. [from 19th c.]
- 1949, William S. Burroughs, in Harris (ed.), Letters 1945–59, Penguin 2009, p. 53:
- I have a large apt. could accommodate you. Tell Neal to come too if he is heeled.
- 1949, William S. Burroughs, in Harris (ed.), Letters 1945–59, Penguin 2009, p. 53:
Derived terms
compound adjectives of the sense “having a heel of some type”
- feather-heeled
- light-heeled
- round-heeled
- spring-heeled
- spur-heeled
Related terms
- well-heeled