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girth-galled

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girth-galled (not comparable)

  1. Of a horse, having a gall caused by rubbing of the saddle girth.
    • 1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 317:
      Gave orders to shift the pack on to fresh horses to-day, as those we have been using for this purpose are getting girthgalled and have sore backs.