capped hock

noun

Veterinary Pathology.

1. any swelling, inflammatory or otherwise, on the point of the hock of horses.

Word History and Origins

Origin of capped hock¹

First recorded in 1825–35

Example Sentences

The meaning of the terms gee, haw, nigh, off, run, gallop, trot, pace, single foot, rack.The location, cause, and effect of these troubles: heaves, blind staggers, knee sprung, shoe boil, quitter, ring bone, spavin, capped hock, flat foot, hoof bound, glanders, mange, sweeny, hide bound, and thrush.The record time for a trotted and a paced mile.The meaning of "one horse power."

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Capped hock or elbow, 452. treatment for, 453.

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Whatever treatment may be adopted for capped hock, patience must be one of the ingredients.

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The result of the fault of interfering may thus be exhibited, whether at the knee or at the fetlock, as characterized by all the pathological conditions which have appeared as accompaniments of capped knee or capped hock.

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From its analogy to the condition of capped elbow the designation of capped hock has been applied to this condition.

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