sitfast

noun, adj — 2 senses

sitfast

noun

Etymology From sit + fast.

1

A callous with inflamed edges, on the back of a horse, under the saddle.

sitfast

adj

Etymology From sit + fast.

1

Fixed; stationary; immovable.

  • 'Tis good, when you have crossed the sea and back, / To find the sitfast acres where you left them.1847, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Hamatreya:

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