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–noun

1.	the projection of the leg of a horse behind the joint between the cannon bone and great pastern bone, bearing a tuft of hair.

2.	the tuft of hair itself.

3.	Also called fetlock joint. the joint at this point.

[Origin: 1275–1325; ME fitlok, akin to MHG viz(ze)loch, ult. deriv. of Gmc *fet-, a gradational var. of *fot- foot

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n.

1. A projection on the lower part of the leg of a horse or related animal, above and behind the hoof.
2. A tuft of hair on such a projection.
The joint marked by such a projection.

[Middle English fitlok; see ped- in Indo-European roots.]

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fetlock

c.1325, fetlak, from a Gmc. source (cf. M.H.G. fizlach, Ger. Fiszloch), perhaps related to the root of Ger. fessel "pastern." The M.E. dim. suffix -ok (from O.E. -oc) was misread and the word taken in folk etymology as being a compound of feet and lock (of hair).

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fetlock
noun
1.	the joint between the cannon bone and the pastern
2.	projection behind and above a horse's hoof

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Main Entry: fet·lock
Pronunciation: 'fet-"läk
Function: noun
1 a : a projection bearing a tuft of hair on the back of the leg above thehoof of a horse or similar animal b : the tuft of hair itself
2 : the joint of the limb at the fetlock

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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.

Their wounded steeds Fret fetlock deep in gore. --Shak.

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