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sickle-hocked

[ sik-uh l-hokt ]
/ ˈsɪk əlˌhɒkt /
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adjective Veterinary Pathology.

noting or pertaining to a condition of horses in which the hock, due to strained tendons and ligaments, is flexed so that the foot is abnormally bowed far under the body.

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Nearby words

sickle cell-thalassemia disease, sickle feather, sickle medick, sickle-cell anaemia, sickle-cell test, sickle-hocked, sicklebill, sicklemia, sickling, sickly, sickness

Origin of sickle-hocked

First recorded in 1600–10
Also called sick·le-hammed [sik-uh l-hamd] /ˈsɪk əlˌhæmd/.
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples from the Web for sickle-hocked

  • "All the same I had a very good mare once that was sickle-hocked," she said.

    Dodo Wonders|E. F. Benson