Crib-biting

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Crib-biting \Crib"-bit`ing\ (kr?b"b?t`?ng), n.
     Same as {Cribbing}, 4.
     [1913 Webster]

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:



  CRIB-BITING. A defect in horses, which consists in biting the crib while in 
  the stable. This is not, considered as a breach of general warranty of 
  soundness. Holt's Cas. 630.