: suffering physical discomfort caused by injury, illness, exercise, or overwork : battered, worn-out
horses … too old and stove-up for saddle work—F. B. Gipson several of the men were stove-up … and even some of the women showed signs of having been kicked or stepped on—H. L. Davis
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Merriam-Webster unabridged
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