shoe boil

American  

noun

Veterinary Pathology.

1. a swelling of the elbow of a horse due to irritation caused by the hoof striking the elbow when lying down.

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Etymology

Origin of shoe boil

First recorded in 1910–15

Example Sentences

Capped elbow, or "shoe boil," is a term applied to an enlargement often found at the point of the elbow.

From Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by Michener, Charles B.

Boots similar in pattern to those which are used for the prevention of shoe boil are also prescribed.

From Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by Michener, Charles B.

No better example of this condition can be imagined than is present in cases of "shoe boil," where there exists an extensive area of acute inflammation of the elbow.

From Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 by Lacroix, John Victor