hurdled, ppl. a.
(ˈhɜːd(ə)ld)
Also 6 hartheled.
[f. hurdle n. or v. + -ed1 or -ed2.]
1. Constructed of or with hurdles; wattled.
| 1556 Withals Dict. (1568) 39 b/2 A hartheled wall, or ratheled..paries craticius. 1652 Benlowes Theoph. xiii. lxxxiii, The folded flocks are pent In hurdled grates. 1667 Milton P.L. iv. 186 Shepherds pen thir Flocks at eeve In hurdl'd Cotes. 1746–7 Hervey Medit. (1818) 265 As he tends his fleecy charge, or late consigns them to their hurdled cots! 1832 J. Bree St. Herbert's Isle 79 A hurdled panoply his front displays. |
2. Enclosed with hurdles.
| 1632 Sherwood, Hurdled, hedged, made vp or covered with hurdles, cléé, hourdé. 1830 Marryat King's Own xxxv, Sheep, dragged from the hurdled crowd. 1880 Daily News 18 Oct. 3/1 Clover, aftermath, or hurdled vetches. |