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quittor

(kwit′ər)

noun

a foot disease of horses characterized by a pus-forming fistula on the coronet

Origin: ME quiture < OFr cuiture, cooking < L coctura < pp. of coquere, to cook

See quittor in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

An inflammation of the hoof cartilage of horses and other solid-hoofed animals, characterized by degeneration of hoof tissue, formation of a slough, and fistulous sores.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English quiture

Origin: , perhaps from Old French, act of boiling

Origin: , from Latin coctūra, boiling liquid

Origin: , from coctus

Origin: , past participle of coquere, to cook; see pek^w- in Indo-European roots

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