Definition of Ringbones

1. ringbone [n] - See also: ringbone

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ringbones

ringbark
ringbarked
ringbarking
ringbarks
ringbearer
ringbearers
ringbill
ringbills
ringbird
ringbirds
ringbit
ringbits
ringbolt
ringbolts
ringbone
ringbones (current term)
ringcraft
ringdove
ringdoves
ringdown
ringdowns
ringed
ringed dove
ringed hair
ringed plover
ringed seal
ringed snake
ringer
ringers

Literary usage of Ringbones

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Judging Live Stock by John Alexander Craig (1901)
"... curbs, ringbones and all other diseases that lessen the usefulness of a horse in its sphere. SO. Decayed and Worn Teeth. ..."

2. Hints to Horse-keepers: A Complete Manual for Horsemen; Embracing by Henry William Herbert (1863)
"... —ringbones—CURBS—THOROUGH-PIN—HOW TO TELL THE AGE OP A HORSE. IT is not, of course, to be imagined, that any person entirely unacquainted with horses, ..."

3. Horses, Saddles and Bridles by William Harding Carter (1895)
"Curb.— Capped Hock. — Broken Knees.— Splint.— ringbones.—Wind- galls.—Interfering.—Swelled Legs.— Pricking of the Foot.— Punctures of the Frog.— Corns. ..."

4. Horses, Saddles and Bridles by William Harding Carter (1895)
"Curb.— Capped Hock.—-Broken Knees.— Splint.— ringbones.—Wind- galls.— Interfering.— Swelled Legs.—Pricking of the Foot.—Punctures of the Frog.— Corns. ..."

5. A treatise on the structure, functions, and diseases of the foot and leg of by William Charles Spooner (1840)
"ringbones arise either from concussion of the joint or a strain of its ligaments ; they may either be rapidly produced by a severe strain, or may, ..."

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