shoe
noun
an external covering for the human foot, usually of leather and consisting of a more or less stiff or heavy sole and a lighter upper part ending a short distance above, at, or below the ankle.
had shod
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past perfectof shoe.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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"Jim, you said they had shod the buckskin cayuse in expectation of a wet track."
From The Preacher of Cedar Mountain A Tale of the Open Country by Ernest Thompson Seton
The Earl blushed a little, for he remembered how the armourer had offered to ride behind him after he had shod Black Darnaway at the Carlinwark.
From The Black Douglas by Frank Richards
Kamelillo had a bamboo pole in his hand to pole the raft with, but he had shod it with his harpoon head.
From The Belted Seas by Arthur Willis Colton
So saying, he went off as tired, after the exertion he had made, as if he had shod all the Dalton horses since daybreak.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 107, September, 1866 by Various
After I had shod the horse, I spoke to Mr. Harrington about it.
From Ben Comee A Tale of Rogers's Rangers, 1758-59 by M. J. (Michael Joseph) Canavan
