adj. (old).1. Wanton.
1659. Lady Alimony, ii., 6 [DODSLEY, Old Plays (HAZLITT), 4th ed., 1875, xiv., 317].
Lose a LIGHT-HEELED trull | |
That in my judgments nothing. |
1640. The Bride, Sig G. She a sure a LIGHT-HEELD wench.
1661. DAVENPORT, The City Night-Cap, ii. 1. Who have heavier heads than they whose wives have LIGHT HEELS?
1785. GROSE, A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, s.v. LIGHT-HEELED a LIGHT-HEELED wench, one who is apt by the flying up of her heels, to fall flat on her backa willing wench.
2. (old).See quot.
1670. RAY, Proverbs [BOHN (1893), 47]. A LIGHT-HEELD mother makes a heavy-heeld daughter. Because she doth all her work herself, and her daughter mean time sitting idle, contracts a habit of sloth. Mere pitieuse fait sa fille rogneuseFr. A tender mother breeds a scabby daughter.