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English
Etymology
From heel + -ed.
Pronunciation
Verb
heeled
- simple past and past participle of heel
Adjective
heeled (comparative more heeled, superlative most heeled)
- Having a heel (often of a specified type, as in high-heeled etc.).
- (archaic) Prepared, especially armed with a weapon.
1903, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Adventure of the Dancing Men, Norton, published 2005, page 896:I was heeled also, and I held up my gun to scare him off and let me get away.
- (slang) Wealthy; having enough money.
1949 September 26, William S. Burroughs, “To Jack Kerouac”, in Oliver Harris, editor, The Letters of William S. Burroughs, 1945–1959, New York: Penguin, published 1993, →ISBN, page 53:I have a large apt. could accommodate you. Tell Neal to come too if he is heeled.
Derived terms
Translations
having a heel, often of a specified type
prepared, especially armed with a weapon