roughshod
English
/ˈɹʌfʃɒd/, /ˈɹʌfʃɑd/
adj
Definitions
- (farriery) Of a horse: having hooves shod with calks or horseshoes that have projecting nails to prevent slipping.
- (by extension) Brutal or domineering.
Etymology
Compound from English rough + English shod.
Origin
English
shod
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- dryshod English
- macrorough English
- microrough English
- misshod English
- nanorough English
- nonrough English
- rough English
- rough-hew English
- rough-legged buzzard English
- roughage English
- roughcast English
- roughdrawn English
- roughdry English
- roughen English
- roughhead English
- roughie English
- roughish English
- roughleg English
- roughly English
- roughneck English
- roughness English
- roughrider English
- roughriding English
- roughscuff English
- roughsome English
- roughspun English
- roughstock English
- roughtail English
- roughwork English
- ruffmans English
- shod English
- unrough English
- unshod English
- rof Dutch, Flemish
- ラフ Japanese
- rough Middle English
- shoed Middle English
- rof Afrikaans
- shod
- rough
- unshod
- roughie
- roughen
- unrough
- dryshod
- misshod
- roughly
- nonrough
- ruffmans
- roughish
- roughdry
- roughage
- roughleg
- roughneck
- roughwork
- roughness
- roughtail
- rough-hew
- roughhead
- roughsome
- nanorough
- roughspun
- roughcast
- roughstock
- roughdrawn
- roughscuff
- roughrider
- microrough
- macrorough
- roughriding
- rough-legged buzzard