bursautee

English

Alternative forms

• bursauttee, bursatee, bursattee, bursati, bursatti

Etymology

From Hindi बरसात (barsāt, “rain; rainy season”).

Noun

bursautee

1. (India, obsolete) A disease of horses caused by Pythium insidiosum, thought to be especially common in the rainy season, and characterized by pustular eruptions on the head and foreparts.

   Hypernym: pythiosis

References

• Henry Yule, A[rthur] C[oke] Burnell (1903) “bursautee”, in William Crooke, editor, Hobson-Jobson […] , London: John Murray, […].