shod all round phr.
1. au fait with the niceties of married life.
Polite Conversation 44: col.: Mr. Buzzard has married again! lady sm.: This is his Fourth Wife; Then he has been shod round. |
2. a phr. used of a parson at a funeral who receives a hat-band, gloves and scarf.
Classical Dict. of the Vulgar Tongue ms. additions n.p.: Shod all round. A Parson who attends a funeral is said to be shod all round, when he receives a Hat-band, Gloves, and Scarf: many shoeings being only partia. | ||
Classical Dict. of the Vulgar Tongue (3rd edn) n.p.: | ||
Lex. Balatronicum [as cit. 1796]. | ||
Grose’s Classical Dict. of the Vulgar Tongue. | ||
Sl. and Its Analogues. |