Obs. Also 6–7 surbat. [f. SURBATE v.] Soreness of the feet or hoofs caused by walking; foot-soreness.
1587. Mascall, Govt. Cattle, Horses (1627), 118. By that meanes hee may saue his horse often-times from danger of surbat.
1645. ‘Martin-Marpriest,’ Martin’s Eccho, 16. You remember how the Bishops poasted you furiously too and fro like Iehu…, untill with foundring and surbates they had even wearied you of your lives.
1725. Fam. Dict., s.v. Horse Feeder, If the Feeder finds his Horse subject to Lameness or Stiffness, to Surbate or Tenderness of Feet.
1805. James, Milit. Dict. (ed. 2).
