spur-galled, ppl. a. Obs. exc. arch.
[f. prec.]
Galled by spurs; having or suffering from a gall or galls caused by the spur.
| 1608 Machin Dumbe Knt. iii, I am at my wits' end, and am made Duller than any spurgal'd, tyred Jade. 1641 J. Day Parl. Bees v. (1881) 35 Tho' this, and such gald jades, Were [? read Mere] spurre-gald-hackneyes, kick at their betters. 1688 Lond. Gaz. No. 2382/4 A black Gelding, about 14 hands,..spur gall'd on both sides. 1691 Ibid. 2709/4 A Spur gall'd, old poor Mare. 1821 Lamb Elia i. My Relations, A broken⁓winded or spur-galled horse is sure to find an advocate in him. |
b. Freq. in fig. use.
| c 1590 Montgomerie Misc. Poems iii. 31 Then spurgald sporters they began to speill. a 1618 Raleigh Prerog. Parl. (1628) 42 Your Lordship doth remember the spurgald proverbe, that necessitie hath no law. 1635 Laud Wks. (1860) VII. 117, I am sorry the Bishopric of Fernes is so spurgalled. 1705 Hickeringill Priest-cr. iv. (1721) 225 When nothing will serve them but to get up and Ride the Spur-gall'd Laiety. |