Used literally to describe a horse (or, by extension, a vehicle) equipped with horseshoes that have projecting nailheads for better grip on rough or icy ground.
Definiciones
roughshodadjective
Showing or marked by ruthless or overbearing disregard for the rights or feelings of others.
The manager's roughshod approach to leadership left many employees feeling undervalued.
roughshodpast participle
(Of a horse) fitted with horseshoes whose nailheads project to provide extra traction; shod for rough or slippery conditions.
The cavalry commander ordered that all mounts be roughshod before the march through the mountains.