|
|
Definition of Cronet
1. n. The coronet of a horse.
Definition of Cronet
1. Noun. The coronet of a horse. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cronet
1. hair growing over the top of a horse's hoof [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cronet
Literary usage of Cronet
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Farrier's New Guide: Containing First, the Anatomy of a Horse by William Gibson (1722)
"... but whoever tries it had need be careful to guard the cronet, or elfe it will
be apt to ... the cronet, by being detain'd in the hollow Circle of the ..."
2. The Sportsman's Dictionary: Or, The Country Gentleman's Companion, in All ...Sports (1735)
"CORONET, or cronet of a ... is that part on the very top cronet, > of it where
the hair grows, and falls down upon the hoof: the coronet ..."
3. Etymons of English Wordsby John Thomson by John Thomson (1826)
"cronet, s. the short hair projecting over the hoof of a horse ; F. couronne ; L.
corona ... CROWN-SCAR, s. a sore about the hoof of a horse. See cronet. ..."
4. The Sportsman's Dictionary; Or, The Gentleman's Companion: for Town and ...Hunting (1785)
"... the cronet of the fore foot. Hence they fay. ... and that the attaint reaches
to the cronet. Upper attaint, is a violent blow given with the two hind ..."
Other Resources:
