Word Study
roughshod
CIDE DICTIONARY
roughshod, a.
Shod with shoes armed with points or calks; as, a roughshod horse. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
roughshod, adj. (of a horse) having shoes with nail-heads projecting to prevent slipping.
Idiom
ride roughshod over treat inconsiderately or arrogantly.
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