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The joint in the hinder leg of a quadruped between the true knee and the fetlock, the angle of which points backward.
The joint in the upper part of the hind leg of a horse (also of a deer, a moose, an ox, etc.); the hock. Cf. cambrel, n. 2.
= gambrel, n. 2. Also more fully gamble joint. Now regional and rare.
The bend or joint of the upper part of a horse's hind leg; the hock. Cf. cambrel, n. 2.