fetlock

American  

[fet-lok] / ˈfɛtˌlɒk /

noun

1. the projection of the leg of a horse behind the joint between the cannon bone and great pastern bone, bearing a tuft of hair.

2. the tuft of hair itself.

3. Also called fetlock joint.  the joint at this point.

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fetlock British  

/ ˈfɛtˌlɒk /

noun

1. a projection behind and above a horse's hoof: the part of the leg between the cannon bone and the pastern

2. Also called: fetlock joint.  the joint at this part of the leg

3. the tuft of hair growing from this part

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Etymology

Origin of fetlock

1275–1325; Middle English fitlok, akin to Middle High German viz ( ze ) loch, ultimately derivative of Germanic *fet-, a gradational variant of *fot- foot

Example Sentences

When we were on our way back to our cabin, toward breakfast-time, we ran upon the news that Fetlock Jones had escaped from his lock-up in the night and is gone!

From A Double Barrelled Detective Story by Twain, Mark

Then, about midnight, Fetlock stepped down-stairs and took a position in the dark a dozen steps from the tavern, and waited.

From A Double Barrelled Detective Story by Twain, Mark

The crowd poured down the canyon—Holmes, Fetlock, Archy Stillman, everybody.

From A Double Barrelled Detective Story by Twain, Mark

Fetlock Jones was put under lock and key in an unoccupied log cabin, and left there to await his trial.

From A Double Barrelled Detective Story by Twain, Mark

Fetlock, fet′lok, n. a tuft of hair that grows behind on horses' feet: the part where this hair grows.—adj.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various