sickle-hocked

[ sik-uhl-hokt ]

adjectiveVeterinary Pathology.
  1. noting or pertaining to a condition of horses in which the hock, due to strained tendons and ligaments, is flexed so that the foot is abnormally bowed far under the body.

Origin of sickle-hocked

1
First recorded in 1600–10
  • Also called sick·le-hammed [sik-uhl-hamd]. /ˈsɪk əlˌhæmd/.

Words Nearby sickle-hocked

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How to use sickle-hocked in a sentence

  • "All the same I had a very good mare once that was sickle-hocked," she said.

    Dodo Wonders | E. F. Benson