fetlock

Meaning

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.

Synonyms

fetlock joint

pastern

dewclaw

coot

spur

globe joint

cockspur

Translations

boulet

nodello

Fessel

Sporn

άρθρωση υποκνήμιου ίππου

paturon

caviglia

catena

camba

🦵

gamba

cerneja

atın topuğu

topuk kılları

ثن

topuk mafsalı

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: fitlokes

Cognate with Dutch: vitlok

Cognate with German: 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”).