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fetlock definition

fet·lock (fet′läk′)

noun

  1. a tuft of hair on the back of the leg of a horse, donkey, etc., just above the hoof
  2. the joint or projection bearing this tuft

Etymology: ME fitlok (understood in ME as comp. of fet, feet + lok, lock) < MDu or MLowG cognate of MHG vizzeloch < vissel, dim. (< base of OHG fuoz, foot) + -och, -ock

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