surbated
surbated adjective: sore from extensive walking. Also the simple past and past participle of surbate.
Adjective
surbated
- Sore from extensive walking.
- VVhen you finde your Horſe to be Surbated, preſently clap into each of his fore-feete tvvo nevv layd Egges, and cruſh them therein, then upon the top of them lay good ſtore of Covv-dung, thus ſtop him, and in foure houres he vvill recover.1630, [Gervase] Markham, “How to Helpe the Surbating, or Soreness in the Feete”, in Markhams Faithfull Farrier. […], London: […] Tho[mas] Cotes for Michael Sparke Iunior, […], published 1638, →OCLC...
- In the afternoon black Jackson caught them up, his mount surbated and all but blown.1985, Cormac McCarthy, chapter VIII, in Blood Meridian […] , →OCLC
Also used as
surbated is also the simple past and past participle of surbate.
Origin of surbated
. Compare French solbatu, Italian sobattuto.
Words formed from surbated
Questions about surbated
- What does surbated mean?
- Surbated means sore from extensive walking.
- What part of speech is surbated?
- Surbated is an adjective.
Words near surbated in the dictionary
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