dry-rotted

He had not exercised, and he had dry-rotted his muscles with alcohol.

Chapter XXII 2010

Just because they didn't keep the gutters cleaned out, the rain trickled down and dry-rotted the timbers, and the big stone barn is caved in.

CHAPTER XI 2010

He was staring at my work boots, these big black $10 Walmart things that tore apart and dry-rotted within a month or two.

Last Words Jason W. Stuart 2011

Typical causes: Worn, frayed, or dry-rotted belts break as the snow thrower digs in to heavy stuff.

Six ways to blizzard-proof your snow blower 2010

There's a lot near a corner here in a business district that boasts 100 x 124, in between a dry-rotted, moldy old building and a tire shop, and the agent has a healthy little tag of $250,000.

What the New America is Shaping Up to Look Like.... 2009

Our job as young "revolutionaries," we believed, was to kick out the traces propping up the System's dry-rotted pillars and posts, so we could start the immediate reconstruction processes.

The Moral Imperative to Change "The System" 2008

Gilliam spends ample time on the yellow and grey expanse, fascinating the viewer with dry-rotted wood, silver sky, and the secrets of the undergrass.

Wired Review: Terry Gilliam's Tideland William Harryman 2007

There were several hundred more, rotting at their bases, mainly in hardened shelters to keep them dry, their tires dry-rotted and internal seals cracked from lack of use because of the spare-parts shortage that grounded nearly the entire Russian air force.

The Bear and the Dragon Clancy, Tom, 1947- 2000

It has the same tiled fireplace and exposed beams as yours, but whereas your red maple floors are bare and polished, hers are nearly hidden by threadbare Oriental rugs; whereas your leaded windows sparkle unadorned, hers are draped with dry-rotted lace; whereas your apartment is airy, modern, minimalistic, hers is dense and itchy.

Half Asleep in Frog Pajamas Robbins, Tom 1994

No bush timber or dry-rotted timber or dead timber, etc., etc.

The Great Bridge David McCullough 1972