gruelled

"gruelled," as Sabine Marsy said, when she recalled her connection with the artists.

His Excellency the Minister Jules Claretie 1876

I had left the Bunbury brougham in Peter's stables but I did not like to go back in wet clothes; so, after seeing my horse comfortably gruelled, I walked up to the charming lady's house to borrow dry clothes.

Margot Asquith, an Autobiography - Two Volumes in One Margot Asquith 1904

"That's the worst one I ever was on," said Lord Chiltern; "but I think he's gruelled now."

Phineas Finn Trollope, Anthony, 1815-1882 1869

"That's the worst one I ever was on," said Lord Chiltern; "but I think he's gruelled now."

Phineas Finn 1867

"Wadham ran up by the side of that first Trinity yesterday, and he said that they were as well gruelled as so many posters, before they got to the stile."

Alton Locke, Tailor and Poet An Autobiography Charles Kingsley 1847

“That’s the worst one I ever was on,” said Lord Chiltern; “but I think he’s gruelled now.”

Phineas Finn 2004

And now when she looked, he was not lean and agile as a glance told, but thin, gruelled, his clothes another’s.

At Swim, Two Boys Jamie O’Neill 2002

And now when she looked, he was not lean and agile as a glance told, but thin, gruelled, his clothes another’s.

At Swim, Two Boys Jamie O’Neill 2002

"I was a good deal perplexed, I own, Mrs. Cathcart, as to how we should get home without giving the horses a rest and having them gruelled.

The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance Lucas Malet 1891