Fetlock Definition

Fetlock Sentence Examples

• The inside of the ears and the muzzle are black, and the feet are black to the fetlock joint.

• The carpal joint, corresponding to the wrist of man, is commonly called the " knee " of the horse, the joint between the metacarpal and the first phalanx the " fetlock," that between the first and second phalanges the " pastern," and that between the second and third phalanges the " coffin joint."

• The withers may be moderately high and thin; the chest well developed, but not too wide or deep; the shoulder should lie well on the chest, and be oblique and well covered with muscle, so as to reduce concussion in galloping; the upper and lower arms should be long and muscular; the knees broad and strong; legs short, flat and broad; fetlock joints large; pasterns strong and of moderate length; the feet should be moderately large, with the heels open and frogs sound - with no signs of contraction.

• As another casualty of a pulled fetlock he was happy to stay but a lack of hotel rooms caused some anxiety.

• I o, Suspensory ligament of fetlock.