arm-gaunt

In a few minutes the good old officer was fully equipped; and having mounted upon his arm-gaunt charger as soberly as Mark Antony himself could have done, he paced forth his way to the Tower of Tillietudlem.

Old Mortality 2004

In a few minutes the good old officer was fully equipped; and having mounted upon his arm-gaunt charger as soberly as Mark Antony himself could have done, he paced forth his way to the Tower of Tillietudlem.

Old Mortality, Complete Walter Scott 1801

In a few minutes the good old officer was fully equipped; and having mounted upon his arm-gaunt charger as soberly as Mark Antony himself could have done, he paced forth his way to the Tower of Tillietudlem.

Old Mortality, Volume 1. Walter Scott 1801

Beaumont, has very elaborately endeavoured to prove, that an _arm-gaunt_ steed is a steed with _lean shoulders_.

Notes to Shakespeare, Volume III: The Tragedies Samuel Johnson 1746

Yet as _arm-gaunt_ seems not intended to imply any defect, it perhaps means, a horse so slender that a man might clasp him, and therefore formed for expedition.

Notes to Shakespeare, Volume III: The Tragedies Samuel Johnson 1746

I. v.48 (134,9) arm-gaunt steed] [i.e. his steed worn lean and thin by much service in war.

Notes to Shakespeare, Volume III: The Tragedies Samuel Johnson 1746