Roughshod

Quick meaning: Roughshod is an adjective meaning (farriery) Of a horse: having hooves shod with horseshoes that have calks or projecting parts to prevent slipping.

Meaning

(farriery) Of a horse: having hooves shod with horseshoes that have calks or projecting parts to prevent slipping.

More Meanings

1. (by extension) Brutal or domineering.

Example Sentences

In the roughshod horny world of boys, I had studied my companions closely to make sure that I wasn't being too "queer" for them.

The horses fell down three times, the roads being slippery, and we walked three miles to Linlithgow. There we waited two hours, to have the fresh horses roughshod.

A horse is roughshod when the nails are left protruding out of its shoes so that the animal does not slip and fall. Consequently, being ridden over by a roughshod horse would be quite agonizing.

She proved to be completely defenseless against her husband, both because of her own culture that demanded abject submission to the male, and because of her fearful reaction to his roughshod behavior toward her.

Synonyms for roughshod

Depending on context, synonyms include domineering, vicious, brutal, barbarous, cruel, inhumane.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include shod, fell, savage, vicious, heavy-handed, brutal.

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