girth-galled en · ADJ
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Of a horse, having a gall caused by rubbing of the saddle girth.
Gave orders to shift the pack on to fresh horses to-day, as those we have been using for this purpose are getting girthgalled and have sore backs.
1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 317: