Springhalt

2 definitions found

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

  Springhalt \Spring"halt`\ (-h[add]lt`), n. (Far.)
     A kind of lameness in a horse. See {Stringhalt}. --Shak.
     [1913 Webster]

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



  Stringhalt \String"halt`\, n. (Far.)
     An habitual sudden twitching of the hinder leg of a horse, or
     an involuntary or convulsive contraction of the muscles that
     raise the hock. [Written also {springhalt}.]
     [1913 Webster]