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fet⋅lock

  [fet-lok]
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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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fet·lock   (fět'lŏk')   
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.

  2. The joint marked by such a projection.


[Middle English fitlok; see ped- in Indo-European roots.]
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Word Origin & History

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).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

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
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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