mettlesome
adj/ˈmɛtəlsəm/
Etymology
From mettle + -some.
Definitions
Marked by mettle or bravery
Marked by mettle or bravery; courageous.
- The instant Haley touched the saddle, the mettlesome creature bounded from the earth with a sudden spring, that threw his master sprawling, some feet off, on the soft, dry turf.
- Among them was the "West Country" driver, Swain, of Bude, over the Great Central, who reminded me irresistibly of a hunter putting a particularly mettlesome steed at the fences.
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA