英语词汇heeled的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	heeled
词源	heeled adj. "provided with money," 1880, American English Western slang, from earlier sense "furnished with a gun, armed" (1866). This is perhaps transferred from the sense "furnish (a gamecock) with a heel-like spur" (1560s), which was still in use in 19c., a special use of heel (v.3). Entries linking to heeled heel v.3 "furnish with a heel," of a shoe, boot, etc., c.1600, from heel (n.1). Related: Heeled; heeling. heel v.1 of a dog, "to follow or stop at a person's heels," 1810, from heel (n.1). Also see heeled. well-heeled adj. "well-off, having much money, in good circumstances;" also "well-equipped," 1872, American English slang (originally in the "money" sense), from well (adv.) + colloquial sense of heeled. "[A]pplied to a player at cards who has a good hand, to a person who possesses plenty of money, or to a man who is well armed" [Century Dictionary]. From 1817 in a literal sense, in reference to shoes. updated on June 13, 2015
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heeled adj.