wither-wrung

English

Etymology

From withers and wrong.

Adjective

wither-wrung (not comparable)

Injured or hurt in the withers, as a horse.
- 1888, Rudyard Kipling, The Drums of the Fore and Aft:
  They learned the heart-breaking cussedness of camp-kitchens and camels and the depravity of an E. P. tent and a wither-wrung mule.

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