Square-toed

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Square-toed \Square"-toed`\ (-t[=o]d`), a.
     Having the toe square.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           Obsolete as fardingales, ruffs, and square-toed shoes.
                                                    --V. Knox.


     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  square-toed
       adj 1: exaggeratedly proper; "my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn't
              approve of my miniskirts" [syn: {priggish}, {prim}, {prissy},
               {prudish}, {puritanical}, {straitlaced}, {strait-laced},
               {straightlaced}, {straight-laced}, {tight-laced}, {victorian}]
       2: having a square toe; "square-toed shoes" [syn: {squared-toe}]