gourdy

English

Etymology

Either from gourd, or less likely from French gourd (“benumbed”).

Adjective

gourdy (comparative more gourdy, superlative most gourdy)

1. (farriery, of a horse, obsolete) Having swollen legs

References

• “gourdy”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.