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Definition of Fetlocks
1. fetlock [n] - See also: fetlock
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fetlocks
Literary usage of Fetlocks
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Journal of Comparative Pathology and Therapeutics (1897)
"At the time of purchase the fetlocks were both rather enlarged and round, but
she was going quite sound. He had her examined, and the veterinary surgeon ..."
2. The Windsor Magazine: An Illustrated Monthly for Men and Women (1912)
"... for ease in gallop, should be placed obliquely, with long, well-knit upper
arms, broad knees, short legs, large fetlocks, and moderately long pasterns. ..."
3. The Cyclopædia of India and of Eastern and Southern Asia: Commercial by Edward Balfour (1885)
"Grapes are plenty, and tolerably good. and presents a worse appearance than it
would if its hair were trimmed, its fetlocks shore, and its tail untied. ..."
4. Points of the Horse: A Treatise on the Conformation, Movements, Breeds and by Matthew Horace Hayes (1904)
"Tied-in below the knee, and large fetlocks. Photo 6j/] [MHH Fig. 366.—Tied-in
below the knee, and large fetlocks. ..."
5. The English Turf: A Record of Horses and Courses by Charles Richardson (1901)
"Blacklock was a bay—rather a dark bay—with black points, and a very big horse,
and it is said that his fetlocks and pasterns formed an almost straight line. ..."
6. The Griffin's Aide-de-camp by Blunt Spurs (1860)
"THE SHANK-BONE, fetlocks, ETC. The knee must be broad and flat: the upper inner
part should present a striking width, or it will look round, which is ugly, ..."
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