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Definition of Tireling
1. a. Tired; fatigued.
Definition of Tireling
1. Adjective. (obsolete) tired; fatigued ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Tireling
1. a tired animal [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tireling
Literary usage of Tireling
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Some Longer Elizabethan Poems by Arthur Henry Bullen (1903)
"... Neither of mare nor gelding let it be; Nor of the tireling jade that bears
the pack; But of some lusty horse or courser free, Whose bushy tail upon the ..."
2. The Gentleman's Magazine (1872)
"While like a tireling jade he lags half away. Two centuries back horse racing
was looked upon as a pastime practised more for pleasure than for profit; ..."
3. Dictionary of Obsolete and Provincial English: Containing Words from the by Thomas Wright (1904)
"(5) ». The iron band of a wheel. South. tireling, adj. Tired. TIREMAN, ». A dealer
in ornamental clothing. TIRET, ». A leather strap for hawks, hounds, &c. ..."
4. Dictionary of Obsolete and Provincial English: Containing Words from the by Thomas Wright (1886)
"The iron band of a wheel. South. tireling, adj. Tired. TIIU.M \N, \. A dealer in
ornamental clothing. TIBET, *. A leather strap for hawks, hounds, &c. ..."
5. The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including the Series by Samuel Johnson (1810)
"Whiles like a tireling jade he lags half-way. Or whiles thou seest some of thy
stallion race, Their eyes bor'd out, masking the miller's maze, ..."
6. Southey's Common-place Book by Robert Southey (1849)
"THEN get good hair, so that it be not black, Neither of mare nor gelding let it
be, Nor of the tireling jade that bears the pack, But of some lusty horse, ..."
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