spavined

[ spav-ind ]

/ ˈspæv ɪnd /

suffering from or affected with spavin.

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

Origin of spavined

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

spatterdock, spatula, spatulate, spaulder, spavin, spavined, spawn, spay, spaz, spaza shop, spca

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

Did Abraham Lincoln Actually Say That Obama Quote? |James M. Cornelius |September 8, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
It is not fine music, that of the hand-organ and the street bands; it is indeed too oft a cracked and spavined pleasure.

From the Easy Chair, vol. 1 |George William Curtis
At a little distance grazed an old horse, gray and gaunt, springhalt and spavined, with ribs like Death's own.

To Have and To Hold |Mary Johnston
Wal, nothing only one of them traded off on me a ring-boned, spavined old hoss, which he said was sound.

The Meadow-Brook Girls Across Country |Janet Aldridge

A spavined horse starts out lame for a few steps or rods and then goes sound.

Pratt's Practical Pointers on the Care of Livestock and Poultry |Pratt Food Co.
Look, driven one leg to death, and spavined the other for life, and now wears out bone legs by the cord.

Moby Dick; or The Whale |Herman Melville

spavined

/ (ˈspævɪnd) /

vet science affected with spavin; lame

decrepit or worn out