lame
adjective
physically disabled, especially in the foot or leg so as to limp or walk with difficulty.
had lamed
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past perfectof lame.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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He had lamed his pony the day before, by riding it furiously over a bad road after it had cast a shoe.
From With Wolfe in Canada The Winning of a Continent by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty
The thing he always thought of first was a ride; but the only animal of horse kind about the place which he liked was the bay mare, and her he had lamed.
From Malcolm by George MacDonald
It was almost with satisfaction I saw the bolter had lamed himself badly.
From The Mistress of Bonaventure by Harold Bindloss
Then did the stranger wish to go; and if he did, why could not he, who had lamed his antagonist, loose himself from his grasp?
From Expositions of Holy Scripture by Alexander Maclaren
The thing he always thought of first was a ride, but the only animal of horse-kind about the place which he liked was the bay mare, and her he had lamed.
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 85, January, 1875 by Various
