outlaw adj.
1. (Aus./US) of a horse, wild and unmanageable.
Wide World Mag. Mar. 546: The whole Western country was scoured over for the wildest and most vicious ‘outlaw’ bronchos [sic] that could be found [DA]. | ||
Riata and Spurs 140: He kept an outlaw horse with which to test new riders. | ||
N.Y. Times Book Rev. 13 Mar. 22/4: His brother Billy was thrown by an outlaw bronco [DA]. |
2. (W.I.) wild, barbarous, crude.
Orange Grove 41: Her song it was outlaw (fine folks say improper) [DJE]. | ||
cited in Dict. Jam. Eng. (1980). |