windgall

American  

[wind-gawl] / ˈwɪndˌgɔl /

noun

Veterinary Pathology.

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

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windgall British  

/ ˈwɪndˌɡɔːl /

noun

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

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Other Word Forms

• windgalled adjective

Etymology

Origin of windgall

First recorded in 1515–25; wind ¹ + gall ²

Example Sentences

He, Peter Dalton, that knew a spavined horse, or could detect a windgall better than any man in the county; he, that never was "taken in" by a roarer, nor deceived by a crib-biter, to tell him that he knew nothing of life!

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Of course this made all the difference to the horse I selected—Windgall—who finished second;—as he only gives his best performances in public, and as he doubtless knew he couldn't be seen, he thought it was only a private trial until he got close home, when his gallant effort was too late to be of any use!—at least, this is how I read the result of the race, and who can know more about a horse than the racing-prophet, I should like to know?

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On seeing an awkward, three-cornered affair, Which I heard was a racer from Fingal, And hearing him roaring, and whistling an air, I said, he'll be beaten by Windgall.

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"Don't you think, Mr. Kimberley," asked Mr. Ragshaw, with profound respect, "that a little something----" They were outside the Windgall Arms, and Kimberley understood.

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Mr. Begg, senior partner of Messrs. Begg, Batter, and Bagg, was sitting in his office a day or two later when a clerk ushered in the Earl of Windgall.

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