This rule applies also to entering a grave; thus, gravediggers and stonemasons must be unshod on such occasions.
In 1575, while she was at the Sevilla (Seville) convent, a jurisdictional dispute erupted between the friars of the restored Primitive Rule, known as the Discalced (or "Unshod") Carmelites, and the observants of the Mitigated Rule, the Calced (or "Shod") Carmelites.
But men, be forewarned: The pressure that a ninety-eight-pound woman in stilettos presents to whoever is under her heel is greater than that exerted by the unshod foot of a six-thousand-pound elephant.
Splichal, who has long blond hair and is five feet three, unshod, was in Coach pumps with a modest three-inch heel: sober office wear.
Smokey stood bare-chested (aside from his fur) and unshod (ditto); his ranger hat and a pair of Wrangler bluejeans constituted his only clothing.
By the time the May 22nd issue of People appeared, featuring a photo of Wallace sprawling unshod on the living-room sofa — a white one!
They argue that being unshod is normal for humans and should reverse past injuries related to modern running shoes and prevent future ones.
The quintessential scene in the first "Die Hard" is one in which McClane is pinned down in an office cubicle, and Hans Gruber, noticing McClane's unshod feet, instructs his sidekick to "schiess dem Fenster" — shoot the glass.
