calkin
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of calkin
1400–50; late Middle English kakun < Middle Dutch calcoen hoof < Old French (Walloon) calcain < Latin calcāneum heel; calcaneum
Example Sentences
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For what is the use o' calkin' A tub with a mustard pot— And what is the use o' talkin' Of a boat that you haven't got?
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By means of an elongated toe-piece to the shoe and calkins, which were shortened every fifteen days, the filly was completely cured in seventy days.'
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Or, on the same branch, may be turned up a calkin of sufficient height for the purpose.
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For that reason a shoe with calkins or with very high heels should be removed, and a shoe with an ordinary flat web substituted.
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More often than not it is met with in the feet of heavy draught animals, and is there caused by the calkin, either when being violently backed or suddenly turned round.
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