wither-wrung en · ADJ
Etymology
From withers and wrong.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Injured or hurt in the withers, as a horse.
They learned the heart-breaking cussedness of camp-kitchens and camels and the depravity of an E. P. tent and a wither-wrung mule.
1888, Rudyard Kipling, The Drums of the Fore and Aft: