Definition of fetlocks Fetlocks
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What does fetlocks mean?
Wiktionary 
- fetlocks (Noun)
Plural of fetlock.
Part of speech
🔤- fetlocks, noun, plural of fetlock.
WordNet
NounPlural: fetlocks |
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| fetlock - projection behind and above a horse's hoof | ||
| appendage, outgrowth, process a part that is joined to something larger | ||
| fetlock - the joint between the cannon bone and the pastern | ||
| fetlock joint | ||
| articulatio, articulation, joint the act of joining things in such a way that motion is possible | ||
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Wiktionary
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- fetlock (n.)
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.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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fetlock
fet′lok, n. a tuft of hair that grows behind on horses' feet: the part where this hair grows.—adj. Fet′locked, tied by the fetlock. [History obscure; often explained as compounded of foot and lock (of hair); cf. Ger. fiszloch.]
Part of speech
🔤- fetlock, noun, singular of fetlocks.
