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crib-bite

American

[krib-bahyt] / ˈkrɪbˌbaɪt /

verb (used without object)

Veterinary Medicine.

crib-bit, crib-bitten, crib-bit, crib-biting

to practice cribbing.

Other Word Forms

crib-biter noun

Etymology

Origin of crib-bite

1835–45; back formation from crib-biting, crib-biter; see cribbing

Example Sentences

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Colts inclined to crib-bite, should be dressed with one on.

From A New Illustrated Edition of J. S. Rarey's Art of Taming Horses With the Substance of the Lectures at the Round House, and Additional Chapters on Horsemanship and Hunting, for the Young and Timid by Rarey, J. S. (John Solomon)

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