overdriving

Too much overdriving and the motor heats up to the point where it self-destructs.

The overdriving of trail cattle was frequently unavoidable, dry drives and the lack of grass on arid wastes being of common occurrence.

A well-known example is the overdriving of an electric guitar or electric bass signal to produce a a clipped, distorted guitar tone or fuzz bass.

The specific law Clotilde had referred to was Article 26, Section 353 of the Agriculture and Markets which specifically prohibited overdriving, overloading torturing, cruelly beating, unjustifiably injuring maiming, mutilating, or killing any animal, wild or tame.