fetlock

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Noun

fetlock (plural fetlocks)

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

Derived terms
  • hairy about the fetlocks

Translations
Fetlock joint: the joint between the cannon bone and the pastern.
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