spavined

[ spav-ind ]

adjective
  1. suffering from or affected with spavin.

  2. being of or marked by a decrepit or broken-down condition: a spavined old school bus abandoned in a field.

Origin of spavined

1
First recorded in 1400–50, spavined is from the late Middle English word spaveyned.See spavin, -ed3

Words Nearby spavined

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How to use spavined in a sentence

  • It reminded him of the man who had a poor old lean, bony, spavined horse, with swelled legs.

  • Jake gave an extra motion to his spavined leg and looked up quizzically into the rigid face of the old man.

    The Broken Sword | Dennison Worthington
  • I collected a regular hospital of spavined, knock-kneed beasts, and he took them from me without a word at thirty pounds apiece.

    Hyacinth | George A. Birmingham
  • There are people like spavined horses, and one must always get them warm in their work, and they never show the blemish.

    Roland Cashel | Charles James Lever
  • "Walks like a pair of spavined sugar tongs," was Waddles' comment.

    Fore! | Charles Emmett Van Loan

British Dictionary definitions for spavined

spavined

/ (ˈspævɪnd) /


adjective
  1. vet science affected with spavin; lame

  2. decrepit or worn out

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