poll evil

[ pohl ]

nounVeterinary Pathology.
  1. an acute swelling on the top of the head of a horse originating in an inflamed bursa that underlies the great neck ligament there.

Origin of poll evil

1
First recorded in 1600–10

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How to use poll evil in a sentence

  • Now comes a horse that represents a collection of ringbones, and glanders, and poll-evil.

    The Battle of Principles | Newell Dwight Hillis
  • On these accounts, a seton passing through the base of the ulcer in poll-evil and fistulous withers is so beneficial.

    Domestic Animals | Richard L. Allen
  • "There is getting to be less poll evil than there used to be," some one remarked.

    White Dandy; or, Master and I | Velma Caldwell Melville
  • poll evil is a fistula upon the poll, and in no sense differs from fistulous withers except in location.

    Special Report on Diseases of the Horse | United States Department of Agriculture
  • The description of fistula will apply, then, in the main, to poll evil equally well.

    Special Report on Diseases of the Horse | United States Department of Agriculture