spavined

1. (farriery, veterinary medicine) Of a horse: having spavin (“a disease of horses caused by a bony swelling which develops in a leg due to inflammation”).Examples: "[H]e […] made a present to Andrew of a broken-winded and spavined poney, in order to enable him to pursue his journey."; "A horse-giver, no more than a horse-seller, has a right to palm his spavined article upon us for good ware. An equivalent is expected in either case; and, with my own good will, I would no more be cheated out of my thanks, than out of my money."; "[…] Mr. Thumble, […] had ridden over to Hogglestock on a poor spavined brute belonging to the bishop's stable, and which had once been the bishop's cob."Synonyms: spavindyAntonyms: unspavined

2. (by extension) Of a person: lame due to a leg disease.Synonyms: halt, halting, limpingAntonyms: unspavinedbroadly

3. (figurative) Of a person or a thing: old, worn-out; also, obsolete.Examples: "I’m a spavined old warrior, and I don’t have much time left in this world, but I still have a few tricks to teach these whippersnappers."; "If God hide his path, Satan is at hand to turn Convoy: if any have a minde to ride poſte, hee vvill helpe them vvith a freſh ſpavin'd Opinion at every Stage."; "Now the Bard, glad to get an audience, […] / stuck fast with his first hexameter, / Not one of all whose gouty feet would stir. // But ere the spavin'd dactyls could be spurr'd / Into recitative, in great dismay / Both cherubim and seraphim were heard / To murmur loudly through their long array; […]"figuratively