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