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1833, Arabella Sullivan, Recollections of a Chaperon, volume 1, London: Richard Bentley, page 229:
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.
1837, George Valentine Cox, Jeannette Isabelle: A Novel, volume 1, London: John Richardson, page 137:
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.
1854, “The Romance of Advertising: A Fashionable Story”, in Punch, or the London Charivari, volume XXVI, number 655, page 31:
What an aristocratic foot, how well chaussé.
1882, Ardern Holt, Fancy Dresses Described, or, What to Wear at Fancy Balls, 3rd edition, London: Debenham & Freebody; Edward Arnold, page 4:
To be properly chaussé and ganté are difficulties at fancy balls. As a rule, with short dresses the prettiest and most fashionable shoes are worn, either black with coloured heels and bows, or coloured shoes to match the dress, and embroidered, the stockings being of plain colour or stripes.
