a. [UNDER-1 10 a.] Having legs too slender in proportion to the body.
1686. Lond. Gaz., No. 2142/4. A blackish brown Gelding…, long straight Legs, somewhat under-limbed. Ibid. (1695), No. 3091/4. A red Roan,… under Limb’d,… and flat Rib’d.
1751. Gibson, Dis. Horses, 18. When he happens to be underlimb’d, it is reckoned a great fault.
1833. M. Scott, Tom Cringle, xvi. A pair of well polished hessian boots,… which by adhering close to his legs gave him … the appearance of being underlimbed.
1835. Burnes, Trav. Bokhara (ed. 2), I. 132. All the horses appeared to be under-limbed.
