dry-shod
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of dry-shod
before 1000; Middle English drye schodde, Old English drȳgsceod, equivalent to drȳg- dry + sc ( e ) od, past participle of scōgan to shoe, derivative of sc ( e ) ōh shoe
Example Sentences
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Barges were coming in to Japanese jetties now, landing the troops dry-shod.
From Time Magazine Archive
But in either case, says Toynbee, she will only transform her lake into a road and let in the "landlubber dry-shod."
From Time Magazine Archive
All of Poseidon’s sons had the same power: they could run dry-shod on the sea as on the land, so the two followed her with no trouble.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
A swollen stream, dammed at moments while chosen people are permitted to walk dry-shod across, bears on its restless bosom the freight of curiosity and pride and favor.
From The Invisible Censor by Hackett, Francis
With few clothes and only one pair of leaky boots it was impossible to keep warm and dry-shod.
From Caught by the Turks by Yeats-Brown, Francis
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