windgall

[wind-gawl]

noun Veterinary Pathology.

a puffy distention of the synovial bursa at the fetlock joint.

Origin of windgall

First recorded in 1515–25; wind¹ + gall²

Related formswind·galled, adjective

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They were outside the Windgall Arms, and Kimberley understood.
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He turned round apologetically, and confronted the Earl of Windgall.
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If Windgall suffered, he had a solid compensation locked in the drawers of his library table.
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Windgall caught only the first three words; he tugged at the bell-pull, and sent for a doctor.
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Kimberley went home in a tremor of nervous anxiety, and Windgall sent for his daughter.
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British Dictionary definitions for windgall

windgall

noun

vet science a soft swelling in the area of the fetlock joint of a horse

Derived Formswindgalled, adjective

Word Origin for windgall

C16: from wind 1 + gall ²

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