Fetlock

3 definitions found

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

  Fetlock \Fet"lock\, n. [OE. fetlak, fitlock, cf. Icel. fet pace,
     step, fit webbed foot of water birds, akin to E. foot. [root]
     77. See {Foot}.]
     The cushionlike projection, bearing a tuft of long hair, on
     the back side of the leg above the hoof of the horse and
     similar animals. Also, the joint of the limb at this point


     (between the great pastern bone and the metacarpus), or the
     tuft of hair.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           Their wounded steeds
           Fret fetlock deep in gore.               --Shak.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  fetlock
       n 1: the joint between the cannon bone and the pastern [syn: {fetlock
            joint}]
       2: projection behind and above a horse's hoof

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  35 Moby Thesaurus words for "fetlock":
     arch, bang, bangs, clubfoot, digit, dog, extremity, fleck, flock,
     foot, forefoot, forelock, forepaw, fringe, harefoot, heel, hoof,
     instep, pad, pastern, patte, paw, pedal extremity, pedes, pes,
     pied, pug, quiff, sole, splayfoot, toe, tootsy, trotter, tuft,
     ungula