Meanings
Germany · Northeastern · regionalscrawny, thin, weakly (especially of plants and people)
[Der Hengst] war auf der Flachen nicht an den Start zu bringen, so wenig wie jetzt an die Hürde. Dabei könnte er durch die spirrelige Hecke einfach durchlaufen.[The stallion] was impossible to get going across flat ground, just as little as with the hurdles now. When, really, it could just walk right on through the thin brush.