sitfast

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noun

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

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Meanings

nounsitfast (plural sitfasts)

plural sitfasts

  1. A callous with inflamed edges, on the back of a horse, under the saddle.
adjectivesitfast (not comparable)
  1. not comparableFixed; 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

Origin

From sit + fast.

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Cite this entry
APA

sitfast. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sitfast

MLA

“sitfast.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sitfast. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sitfast,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sitfast.

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