jan 1, 1632 - shod

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Probably for ‘iron-shod’, used of a wooden implement furnished with a shoe or sheath of iron. 1485 <i>1 shod shole </i>[shovel]<i> ijd ob</i>, Ripon (SS64/373); 1576 <i>two shodd forkes, two Iron forkes</i>, Leeds (Th4/163); 1632 <i>one Iron forke one shodd Shovell and one shodd spaid 2s 0d</i>, Scriven (YRS134/79). A shod cart or wain was one with iron-bound wheels: 1515 <i>unum le shodd wayne, ij oxen, </i>North Frodingham (YAJ36/436); 1557 <i>ij unshod cowpes</i>, Thornton Bridge (SS26/101); 1577 <i>for shodcartts ... 33s 6d</i>, Beverley (YRS84/14).

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