Wither-wrung

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Injured or hurt in the withers, as a horse. not-comparable

    "They learned the heart-breaking cussedness of camp-kitchens and camels and the depravity of an E. P. tent and a wither-wrung mule."

Example

More examples

"They learned the heart-breaking cussedness of camp-kitchens and camels and the depravity of an E. P. tent and a wither-wrung mule."

Etymology

From withers and wrong.

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.