The Collaborative International Dictionary
High-mettled
High-mettled \High"-met`tled\, a. Having abundance of mettle; ardent; full of fire; as, a high-mettled steed.
Usage examples of "high-mettled".
It was a delight to put him on a high-mettled horse, and send him after the hounds,—pale, sweating, calling on us, for Heaven's sake, to stop, and holding on for dear life by the mane and the crupper.