sickle-hocked
[ sik-uhl-hokt ]
adjectiveVeterinary Pathology.
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
1First recorded in 1600–10
- Also called sick·le-hammed [sik-uhl-hamd]. /ˈsɪk əlˌhæmd/.
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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.
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