osselet

American

[os-uh-lit] / ˈɒs ə lɪt /

noun

Veterinary Pathology.

a hard nodule on the leg of a horse, especially one on the inner side of the knee or the outer side of the fetlock.

Etymology

Origin of osselet

1680–90; < French: literally, little bone, Old French; see os ¹, -let

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When Citation was sidelined with an osselet after two years of racing, he had won the triple crown, $865,150 for Owner Warren Wright, and ranking with Man o' War.

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