fetlock

Fetlock joint: the joint between the cannon bone and the pastern.

Meaning

Noun

A joint of the horse's leg below the knee or hock and above the hoof.
The tuft of hair that grows at this joint.

Origin

From Middle English fitlokes, feetlakkes, equivalent to foot + lock. Cognate with Dutch vitlok, vittelokke, vitslok, German Fissloch, Fisloch, Fislach.

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