v. Chiefly dial. Also 8–9 tyfle. [Origin unascertained.] intr. Of a horse: To get a strain in the back: chiefly in Tifled ppl. a.
1703. Thoresby, Lett. to Ray, s.v. (E.D.S.), A tifled horse, when broken above the loins.
1708. J. C., Compl. Collier (1845), 33. Least a Horse or two Tyfle, or be out of Order by a Fall.
1828. Craven Gloss., Tifled, sprained in the back.
1863. Mrs. Toogood, Yorksh. Dial. (MS.). The horse will never do any more work; he is tyfled in the back.
