Causing chafing or soreness; irritating to the skin through friction.
Present participle of begall, used as an adjective. Describes something that causes the action of galling.
Medieval accounts of military campaigns mention the problem of 'begalling saddles' more often than you'd expect—it's a hidden hardship of history that rarely makes it into the dramatic stories.
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