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Definition of Knuckling
1. knuckle [v] - See also: knuckle
Medical Definition of Knuckling
1. Talipes in the horse, caused by a contraction of the posterior fetlock tendons. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Knuckling
Literary usage of Knuckling
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Diseases of Animals: A Book of Brief and Popular Advice on the Care and by Nelson Slater Mayo (1920)
"knuckling A partial dislocation occurring at the fetlock-joint in colts is ...
Foals will outgrow and make good recoveries from bad cases of knuckling. ..."
2. The Art of Taming and Educating the Horse: With Details of Management in the by Dennis Magner (1886)
"knuckling, or standing over, is very common in cab and stage horses. It gives
the animal an ungainly, worn-out appearance. It may occur on one or both knees ..."
3. Biggle Horse Book: A Concise and Practical Treatise on the Horse, Original by Jacob Biggle (1894)
"Glanders—Gorged Stomach —Lockjaw—Choking—Hooks —Lice—knuckling— Ring Bone—Spavin —
Scratches— Itching Skin—Overdriven Pace. When cooled and rested. ..."
4. Veterinary Notes for Horse Owners: A Manual of Horse Medicine and Surgery by Matthew Horace Hayes (1903)
"JOINTS AND knuckling OVER—SIDE BONES. General Remarks. INFLAMMATION of bone
follows the same course as ..."
5. Facts for Horse Owners: A Pictorial Encyclopedia of Practical Instruction by Dennis Magner (1902)
"knuckling, or standing over, is very common in cab and stage horses. It gives
the animal an ungainly, worn-out appearance. It fig- ? ..."
6. Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by United States Bureau of Animal Industry, Leonard Pearson (1916)
"Lastly, knuckling is produced by disease of the suspensory ligament or of the
... When knuckling has commenced, the indications are to relieve the tendons ..."
7. Russell on Scientific Horseshoeing: For Leveling and Balancing the Action by William Russell (1899)
"knuckling.—The catalogue of dis- in front. eases, defects and deformities in the
A, Unnatural thickness of wall . feet of horses has by this time, ..."
8. The Foot of the Horse; Or, Lameness and All Diseases of the Feet Traced to by David Roberge (1894)
"In perfectly sound feet otherwise, knuckling is preceded by the following ...
As the knuckling increases the pointing decreases, as knuckling gives more ..."
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