- Blinkered - Rigidly conventional - Unwilling to change one's behaviour - Having the skin adhering so closely to the ribs and back
as not to be easily loosened or raised; -- said of an animal. - Having the bark so close and constricting that it
impedes the growth; -- said of trees. - Untractable; bigoted; obstinately and blindly or
stupidly conservative. - Niggardly; penurious.