Spavined

Quick meaning: Spavined is an adjective meaning (by extension) Of a person: lame due to a leg disease.

Meaning

(by extension) Of a person: lame due to a leg disease.

More Meanings

1. (figurative) Of a person or a thing: old, worn-out; also, obsolete.
2. simple past and past participle of spavin
3. (farriery, veterinary medicine) Of a horse: having spavin (“a disease of horses caused by a bony swelling which develops in a leg due to inflammation”).

Example Sentences

[H]e […] made a present to Andrew of a broken-winded and spavined poney, in order to enable him to pursue his journey.

I’m a spavined old warrior, and I don’t have much time left in this world, but I still have a few tricks to teach these whippersnappers.

[…] Mr. Thumble, […] had ridden over to Hogglestock on a poor spavined brute belonging to the bishop's stable, and which had once been the bishop's cob.

If God hide his path, Satan is at hand to turn Convoy: if any have a minde to ride poſte, hee vvill helpe them vvith a freſh ſpavin'd Opinion at every Stage.

Synonyms for spavined

Depending on context, synonyms include spavindy, halt, halting, limping, lame, unfit.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include lame, unfit, sprung, scantlinged, spinetted, prowed.

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