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fetlock
(fet′läk′)
noun
- a tuft of hair on the back of the leg of a horse, donkey, etc., just above the hoof
- the joint or projection bearing this tuft
Origin: 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
See fetlock in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
- a. A projection on the lower part of the leg of a horse or related animal, above and behind the hoof.b. A tuft of hair on such a projection.
- The joint marked by such a projection.
Origin:
Origin: Middle English fitlok; see ped- in Indo-European roots
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