fetlock
Meanings
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.
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Etymology
From Middle English fitlokes, feetlakkes pl, taken to be foot + lock (“tuft of hair”) but actually a misdivision of Old English -oc. Cognate with Middle Low German fitlok, fitlock (“fetlock”), Dutch vitlok, vittelokke, vitslok, German Fissloch, Fisloch, Fislach (“fetlock; pastern”).
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