fetlock
the projection of the leg of a horse behind the joint between the cannon bone and great pastern bone, bearing a tuft of hair.
the tuft of hair itself.
Also called fetlock joint . the joint at this point.
Origin of fetlock
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How to use fetlock in a sentence
Sedgett, as I passed, made a sweep at my horse's knees, and took them a little over the fetlock.
Rhoda Fleming, Complete | George MeredithAcross the beautiful white shoulders and reaching down clear to the fetlock there ran a broad stain, dull red and horrible.
Corporal Cameron | Ralph ConnorMore than one horseman turned home that day with a red bandage round his horse's fetlock, for Kilmanagh stones are sharp.
Lives of the Fur Folk | M. D. HavilandViolette sprang madly forward, and I thought she had been wounded, but it was only a graze above the near fore-fetlock.
The Exploits Of Brigadier Gerard | Arthur Conan DoylePastern, pas′tėrn, n. the part of a horse's foot from the fetlock to the hoof, where the shackle is fastened.
British Dictionary definitions for fetlock
fetterlock
/ (ˈfɛtˌlɒk) /
a projection behind and above a horse's hoof: the part of the leg between the cannon bone and the pastern
Also called: fetlock joint the joint at this part of the leg
the tuft of hair growing from this part
Origin of fetlock
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