wallisn.
/ˈwɒlɪs/, U.S. /ˈwɔləs/, /ˈwɑləs/ Now dialect.
The withers of a horse.
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1686 London Gaz. No. 2181/4 The 6th Instant a proper Gentleman..rode away with a black brown Gelding,..bare of flesh, hath had a hurt on the Wallis.
1787 W. Marshall Provincialisms in Rural Econ. Norfolk II. 391 Wallace, the withers of a horse.
a1825 R. Forby Vocab. E. Anglia (1830) Wallis, the withers of a horse.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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