springhalt

American  

[spring-hawlt] / ˈsprɪŋˌhɔlt /

noun

Veterinary Pathology.

1. stringhalt.

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springhalt British  

/ ˈsprɪŋˌhɔːlt /

noun

1. vet science another name for stringhalt

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Etymology

Origin of springhalt

First recorded in 1605–15; alteration by association with spring

Example Sentences

At a little distance grazed an old horse, gray and gaunt, springhalt and spavined, with ribs like Death's own.

From To Have and to Hold by Johnston, Mary

One would take it, That never saw 'em pace before, the spavin Or springhalt reign'd among 'em.

From King Henry VIII by Shakespeare, William

Their horses have most of them got the springhalt, and that is the reason why married people now a-days walk a-foot to the Elysian fields.

From A Lecture On Heads As Delivered By Mr. Charles Lee Lewes, To Which Is Added, An Essay On Satire, With Forty-Seven Heads By Nesbit, From Designs By Thurston, 1812 by Thurston, Katherine Cecil

But if he does the same thing with his hind-legs they call it springhalt or stringhalt, or something of that kind, and set him down as a beastly old plug.

From The Genial Idiot His Views and Reviews by Bangs, John Kendrick