Worn-out nag

Meaning

Lemma.

Haridelle is a poor, worn or wretched horse, rendered “nag.” Gamelin’s execution procession is drawn by such an animal; the horse later limps as the driver repeatedly flicks its ears with the whip. The specific bodily weakness makes the procession slow and material, rather than a smoothly abstract movement from sentence to death. It does not name a breed.