surrein'd

English

Etymology

sur- +‎ rein +‎ -d

Adjective

surrein'd (comparative more surrein'd, superlative most surrein'd)

(obsolete, nonce word) exhausted through being overridden
- 1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene v]:
  a drench for surrein'd jades

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