calced

An archaic adjective meaning 'wearing shoes' or 'having feet covered with shoes'. It is rarely used in modern English.

• 🇫🇷Adjectif archaïque signifiant « portant des chaussures » ou « ayant les pieds chaussés ». Rarement utilisé en anglais moderne.

1. Wearing shoes C2 formal

   Describing members of certain religious orders who wear shoes, as opposed to those who go barefoot.

   • The calced friars walked through the monastery courtyard.
   • In some traditions, calced monks are distinguished from their discalced counterparts.
   • The order's calced members followed a different rule of dress.

   🇫🇷chaussé (religieux)

   Synonymes: shodshoed

   Antonymes: barefootdiscalcedunshod