Fetlock
[Noun]
Webster's Dictionary 1828
A
tuft of hair growing behind the
pastern joint of many horses. Horses of low size have
scarce any such
tuft.
Fetlock
[Noun]
Webster's Dictionary 1913
The cushionlike projection, bearing a
tuft of long hair, on the back side of the leg above the
hoof of the horse and similar animals. Also, the joint of the limb at this point (between the great
pastern bone and the
metacarpus), or the
tuft of hair.
