fetlock

Betekenis (Engels)

1. A joint of the horse's leg below the knee or hock and above the hoof.
2. The tuft of hair that grows at this joint.

Sinonieme

fetlock joint

pastern

dewclaw

coot

spur

globe joint

cockspur

Vertalings

boulet

nodello

Fessel

Sporn

άρθρωση υποκνήμιου ίππου

paturon

caviglia

catena

camba

🦵

gamba

cerneja

atın topuğu

topuk kılları

ثن

topuk mafsalı

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: fitlokes

Verwante met Nederlands: vitlok

Verwante met Duits: Fissloch

In summary

From Middle English fitlokes, feetlakkes pl, equivalent to foot + lock (“tuft of hair”). Cognate with Middle Low German fitlok, fitlock (“fetlock”), Dutch vitlok, vittelokke, vitslok, German Fissloch, Fisloch, Fislach (“fetlock; pastern”).