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单词 saddle-sore
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Definition of saddle-sore in English:

saddle-sore

noun
  • A bruise or sore on a horse's back, caused by pressure or chafing of an ill-fitting saddle.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Naoise's saddle-sores - which he had thought healed since their moon-change reprise - had returned with a vengeance, which had meant he'd walked most of the day.
    • The other was a saddle-sore brown mare, underfed and much abused.
adjective
  • Chafed by riding on a saddle.

    he moaned constantly about his aching back and saddle-sore thighs
    he was tired and saddle-sore
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The ranch runs mini cattle drives and, for the saddle-sore, trekking and canoeing.
    • A few folks in the class were indeed too sore to ride by the latter part of the clinic, and the rest of us choked down over-the-counter painkillers and secretly admired our own saddle-sore knees and thighs.
    • It tells the story of a band of saddle-sore nomads, headed by Harry Collings who, weary of a life of bad trouble, returns to Collings's farm.
    • I get off him, surprised to find that I'm not the least bit saddle-sore.
    • He said: ‘It was an awesome experience, but I'm feeling very saddle-sore now.’
    • AFTER 100 days cycling across the world's toughest terrain, Chris Evans and David Genders are, understandably, saddle-sore.
    • Fundraiser Dean Trotter is preparing to get a little saddle-sore when he cycles nearly 1,000 miles in seven days for charity.
    • They were weary and saddle-sore; their horses were spent.
    • We weren't saddle-sore and it wasn't even our legs or arms that ached.
    • While the travellers, saddle-sore from a long journey north, cross the drawbridge, the kitchen should be turning a hog on a spit and ladling out flagons of mead in celebration of a safe return.
    • Around 2500 years ago, it helped saddle-sore warriors get over their aches and pains, but now urban warriors are turning to the technique, to help them cope with life in the city.
 
 
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