sand crack
- noun
- Specialized
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grieta de arena
- The farrier treated the horse's sand crack to prevent further injury.
Examples
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A severe sand crack can cause considerable pain and lameness in a horse.
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The horse developed a sand crack after running on hard ground.
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Proper hoof care reduces the risk of sand cracks developing.
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Many horses suffer from sand cracks during the dry season.
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A severe sand crack can cause considerable pain and lameness in a horse.
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The farrier treated the horse's sand crack to prevent further injury.
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Proper hoof care reduces the risk of sand cracks developing.
Synonyms
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A long narrow opening in a surface
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A vertical crack on the inside of a horse's front hoof that can make the horse limp
A crack at the front of a horse's hoof that can make the horse limp
Surface Forms
Morphology
The constituents 'sand' and 'crack' are individually transparent so a learner could infer a crack related to sand or abrasive conditions, giving some hint of meaning. However, the expression names a specific veterinary condition (a vertical fissure in a horse's hoof), a domain-specific referent that is not fully predictable from the parts alone, so it is only partially transparent.
Etymology
Sand crack comes from the image of dry sand splitting: the long, vertical crack in a horse's hoof looks like a crack in dry ground. So, 'sand crack' means the painful vertical split in the hoof that can make the horse lame.