Fetlock

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
fetlock
    n 1: the joint between the cannon bone and the pastern [syn:
         {fetlock}, {fetlock joint}]
    2: projection behind and above a horse's hoof
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Fetlock \Fet"lock\, n. [OE. fetlak, fitlock, cf. Icel. fet pace,
   step, fit webbed foot of water birds, akin to E. foot. [root]
   77. See {Foot}.]
   The cushionlike projection, bearing a tuft of long hair, on
   the back side of the leg above the hoof of the horse and
   similar animals. Also, the joint of the limb at this point
   (between the great pastern bone and the metacarpus), or the
   tuft of hair.
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         Their wounded steeds
         Fret fetlock deep in gore.               --Shak.
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from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
35 Moby Thesaurus words for "fetlock":
      arch, bang, bangs, clubfoot, digit, dog, extremity, fleck, flock,
      foot, forefoot, forelock, forepaw, fringe, harefoot, heel, hoof,
      instep, pad, pastern, patte, paw, pedal extremity, pedes, pes,
      pied, pug, quiff, sole, splayfoot, toe, tootsy, trotter, tuft,
      ungula

    

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