gall (2) — ONAD

gall2 /ɡôl, ɡɔl

▸ noun

1 annoyance; irritation:

he was filled with gall at the suspected ambitions of his old enemies.

2 (especially of a horse) a sore on the skin made by chafing:

saddle galls.

▸ verb [with object]

1 make (someone) feel annoyed:

he knew he was losing, and it galled him.

2 make sore by rubbing:

the straps galled their shoulders.

– ORIGIN Old English gealle ‘sore on a horse’, perhaps related to gall1; superseded in Middle English by forms from Middle Low German or Middle Dutch.