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sickle-hocked

[ sik-uhl-hokt ]

adjective

, Veterinary 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.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of sickle-hocked1

First recorded in 1600–10

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Example Sentences

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

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