spavin

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. (countable) A bony swelling which develops in a horse's leg where the shank and splint bone meet, caused by inflammation of the cartilage connecting those bones; also, a similar swelling caused by inflammation of the hock bones.
2. (uncountable) A disease of horses caused by this bony swelling (sense 1.1).
3. (broadly, uncountable) A similar disease causing a person's leg to be lame.

Verb

1. (rare, transitive) To cause (a horse or its leg) to have spavin (noun sense 1.2).
2. (figuratively, rare, transitive) To impair or injure (someone or something).

Sinonieme

bone spavin

gout

knot

🪢

lump

stalemate

Vertalings

Spat

esparavany

ورم العرقوب

éparvin

spat

περιοστίτις ίππου

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈspævɪn/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: -

In summary

The noun is derived from Middle English spavein, spaveine (“swelling on horse’s leg causing lameness; disease causing lameness in horses”), from Old French espavain, a variant of esparvain, esprevain, esprevin (modern French éparvin, épervin). The further etymology is unknown; one suggestion is that it is from Frankish *sparwan (“sparrow”), though this is seen as quite tenuous.
The verb is derived from the noun.