fetlock

English

Alternative forms

fetterlock, fewterlock (dialectal)

Etymology

From Middle English fitlokes, feetlakkes pl, equivalent to foot +‎ lock (“tuft of hair”). Cognate with Dutch vitlok, vittelokke, vitslok, German Fissloch, Fisloch, Fislach (“fetlock; pastern”).

Noun

fetlock (plural fetlocks)

A joint of the horse's leg below the knee or hock and above the hoof, also called the "ankle".
The tuft of hair that grows at this joint.

Derived terms

hairy about the fetlocks

Translations

joint of the horse's leg

Czech: spěnka f
Dutch: kogelgewricht n
Finnish: vuohisnivel
French: boulet (fr) m
German: Fesselgelenk n
Icelandic: hófskegg n
Irish: rúitín m
Italian: nodello (it) m

Navajo: akéʼiil
Norman: boulet m (Jersey)
Portuguese: boleto (pt) m
Russian: щётка (ru) f (ščótka)
Spanish: menudillo m
Turkish: kestanecik (tr)
Welsh: egwyd f

Fetlock joint: the joint between the cannon bone and the pastern.