'White-livered' definitions:

Definition of 'white-livered'

From: WordNet
adjective
Easily frightened [syn: chicken, chickenhearted, lily-livered, white-livered, yellow, yellow- bellied]

Definition of 'White-livered'

From: GCIDE
  • White-livered \White"-liv`ered\, a. Having a pale look; feeble; hence, cowardly; pusillanimous; dastardly.
  • Syn: lily-livered. [1913 Webster]
  • They must not be milksops, nor white-livered knights. --Latimer. [1913 Webster]