fetlock
2
9.8
- noun
- /ˈfɛtˌlɒk/
- Specialized
:
corvejón
- The groom carefully brushed the horse's fetlocks to remove any dirt and debris.
- horse's fetlock
- fetlock joint
Examples
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Weeping when she struggled gamely to her feet, the foreleg that had snapped just above the fetlock swung hideously, uselessly.
Fiction book (2001) -
I can get the hock down, and the chain's still down by the fetlock.
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The sun was warm on his back as he felt the horse's legs and bent the fetlocks to look at the hooves.
Academic text (1990) -
His mind's already at the starting gate. Kelsey continued to remove mud from the colt's saddle area, belly, and fetlocks.
Fiction book (1995) -
He trimmed my fetlocks and legs, passed the tarbrush over my hooves, and parted my forelock.
Fiction book (1996) -
Of course we could not use the recognized fords—where the Wasichu crossed—but Yellow Legs saw that our horses barely wet their fetlocks.
Fiction book (1995) -
After the horse jumped the fence, its fetlocks were covered in grass.
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She noticed a small cut just above the fetlock while examining the horse's hooves.
Synonyms
1
9.1
The joint in a horse's lower leg where a main leg bone meets a short foot bone
Compounds
- Specialized
1
9.1
The joint in a horse's lower leg where a main leg bone meets a short foot bone
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word fetlock comes from old words meaning 'foot', fet-, and 'lock', lock, meaning 'a tuft of hair'. So a fetlock is the small 'lock' of hair just above a horse's hoof, which is why the name fits the joint.