- Square-toed
- Square-toed Square"-toed` (-t[=o]d`), a.
Having the toe square.
[1913 Webster]
Obsolete as fardingales, ruffs, and square-toed shoes. --V. Knox. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
Square-toed
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square-toed — square toed; square toed·ness; … English syllables
square-toed — [skwer′tōd΄] adj. 1. having a broad, square toe: said of a shoe 2. Now Rare old fashioned; conservative * * * … Universalium
square-toed — [skwer′tōd΄] adj. 1. having a broad, square toe: said of a shoe 2. Now Rare old fashioned; conservative … English World dictionary
square-toed — adjective 1. exaggeratedly proper my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn t approve of my miniskirts • Syn: ↑priggish, ↑prim, ↑prissy, ↑prudish, ↑puritanical, ↑straitlaced, ↑strait laced, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
square´-toed´ness — square toed «SKWAIR TOHD», adjective. 1. having a broad, square toe: »square toed shoes. 2. Figurative. old fashioned and homely, as in habits or ideas: »We old people must retain some square toed predilection for the fashions of our youth… … Useful english dictionary
square-toed — adjective Date: 1785 1. having a toe that is square 2. old fashioned, conservative … New Collegiate Dictionary
square-toed — adjective 1》 (of shoes) having broad, square toes. 2》 archaic old fashioned or formal … English new terms dictionary
square-toed — /skwɛə ˈtoʊd/ (say skwair tohd) adjective having a broad, square toe, as a shoe …
square-toed — having a box shaped toe (of a shoe); old fashioned, not cool … English contemporary dictionary
square-toedness — square toed·ness … English syllables
