heeled

[ heeld ]
/ hild /

adjective

provided with a heel or heels.
provided with money; flush or wealthy (usually used in combination): one of the best-heeled families in town.
Slang. armed, especially with a gun.

Origin of heeled

First recorded in 1555–65; heel1 + -ed3

OTHER WORDS FROM heeled

un·heeled, adjective

Definition for heeled (2 of 3)

Origin of heel

1
before 850; Middle English; Old English hēl(a); cognate with Dutch hiel, Old Norse hǣll. See hock1

OTHER WORDS FROM heel

heel·less, adjective

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH heel

heal heel he'll

Definition for heeled (3 of 3)

heel 2
[ heel ]
/ hil /

verb (used without object)

to incline to one side; cant; tilt: The ship heeled in going about.

verb (used with object)

to cause to lean or cant.

noun

a heeling movement; a cant.

Origin of heel

2
1565–75; variant of earlier heeld, Middle English helden, Old English hieldan to lean, slope; akin to Old English heald, Old Norse hallr sloping

Example sentences from the Web for heeled

British Dictionary definitions for heeled (1 of 3)

heeled
/ (hiːld) /

adjective

  1. having a heel or heels
  2. (in combination)high-heeled
well-heeled wealthy

British Dictionary definitions for heeled (2 of 3)

heel 1
/ (hiːl) /

noun

verb

Derived forms of heel

heelless, adjective

Word Origin for heel

Old English hēla; related to Old Norse hǣll, Old Frisian hêl

British Dictionary definitions for heeled (3 of 3)

heel 2
/ (hiːl) /

verb

(of a vessel) to lean over; list

noun

inclined position from the vertical the boat is at ten degrees of heel

Word Origin for heel

Old English hieldan; related to Old Norse hallr inclined, Old High German helden to bow

Medical definitions for heeled

heel
[ hēl ]

n.

The rounded posterior portion of the foot under and behind the ankle.
A similar anatomical part, such as the rounded base of the palm.

Idioms and Phrases with heeled

heel

see Achilles' heel; at someone's heels; bring to heel; cool one's heels; dig in (one's heels); drag one's feet (heels); head over heels; kick up one's heels; on the heels of; out at the elbows (heels); set back on one's heels; show one's heels; take to one's heels; to heel; turn on one's heel.