heeled

heel +‎ -ed

• IPA^(key): /hiːld/
• Rhymes: -iːld

heeled

1. simple past and past participle of heel

heeled (comparative more heeled, superlative most heeled)

1. Having a heel (often of a specified type, as in high-heeled etc.).
2. (archaic) Prepared, especially armed with a weapon. [from 19th c.]
   • 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.

3. (slang) Wealthy; having enough money. [from 19th c.]
   • 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.

• well-heeled