heeled
adj/hiːld/
Etymology From heel + -ed.
1
In compounds, Often Having a heel (of a specified type).
- high-heeled boots
2
Archaic Prepared, especially armed with a weapon.
- I was heeled also, and I held up my gun to scare him off and let me get away.1903, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Adventure of the Dancing Men, Norton, published 2005, page 896:
3
Slang Wealthy; having enough money.
- I have a large apt. could accommodate you. Tell Neal to come too if he is heeled.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:
- Derived terms
- feather-heeled, flat-heeled, high-heeled, jet-heeled, light-heeled, Louis-heeled, low-heeled, round-heeled, spring-heeled, spring-heeled Jack, spur-heeled, unheeled
- Related terms
- well-heeled