'Roughshod' definitions:
Definition of 'roughshod'
From: WordNet
adjective
(of a horse) having horseshoes with projecting nails to prevent slipping
adjective
(of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering; "a barbarous crime"; "brutal beatings"; "cruel tortures"; "Stalin's roughshod treatment of the kulaks"; "a savage slap"; "vicious kicks" [syn: barbarous, brutal, cruel, fell, roughshod, savage, vicious]
adjective
Unjustly domineering; "incensed at the government's heavy- handed economic policies"; "a manager who rode roughshod over all opposition" [syn: heavy-handed, roughshod]
Definition of 'Roughshod'
From: GCIDE
- Roughshod \Rough"shod\, a. Shod with shoes armed with points or calks; as, a roughshod horse. [1913 Webster]
- To ride roughshod, to pursue a course regardless of the pain or distress it may cause others. [1913 Webster]