chaussé

chaussé adjective: shoed; wearing shoes.

Adjective

chaussé (comparative more chaussé, superlative most chaussé)

(obsolete) Shoed; wearing shoes.
- He especially recommended the only shoemaker who, to his mind, had an idea of making a shoe; and Lucy had at least half-a-dozen pair made, fitted, and descanted upon, before he was satisfied that they did justice to the shape of her foot, which proved extremely good when it was properly chaussé.1833, Arabella Sullivan, Recollections of a Chaperon, volume 1, London: Richard Bentley, page 229
- in the meantime, it being too late for Italy, and Grainer, whose chief study it was to be well chaussé, having heard a high character of Schmidt’s boots at Vienna, they both started for Austria with this important object in view.1837, George Valentine Cox, Jeannette Isabelle: A Novel, volume 1, London: John Richardson, page 137
Divided into three with two lines from the corners of the chief to the point in base.

What an aristocratic foot, how well chaussé.1854, “The Romance of Advertising: A Fashionable Story”, in Punch, or the London Charivari, volume XXVI, number 655, page 31:
To be properly chaussé and ganté are difficulties at fancy balls.1882, Ardern Holt, Fancy Dresses Described, or, What to Wear at Fancy Balls, 3rd edition, London: Debenham & Freebody; Edward Arnold, page...

comparative	more chaussé
superlative	most chaussé

Borrowing from French chaussé. Doublet of calceate.

What does chaussé mean?: Chaussé means shoed; wearing shoes.
How do you use chaussé in a sentence?: What an aristocratic foot, how well chaussé.
What part of speech is chaussé?: Chaussé is an adjective.

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