sitfast

/ ˈsɪtˌfɑːst /

noun

1. a sore on a horse's back caused by rubbing of the saddle

Word History and Origins

Origin of sitfast¹

C17: from sit + fast ¹(in the sense: secure, fixed)

Example Sentences

If a sitfast has developed, the dead hornlike slough must be carefully dissected out and the wound treated carefully with antiseptics.

From Project Gutenberg

Only forty minutes from the City Hall—any old City Hall," he answered, "It's at Jiggersville, on the Sitfast & Chewsmoke R.R., eighteen miles from Anywhere, hot and cold sidewalks and no mosquitoes in the winter.

From Project Gutenberg

Nay the very mode of riding: for now no man on a level with his age but will trot a l'Anglaise, rising in the stirrups; scornful of the old sitfast method, in which, according to Shakspeare, 'butter and eggs' go to market.

From Project Gutenberg