stringhaltn.
/ˈstrɪŋhɔːlt/, /ˈstrɪŋhɒlt/, U.S. /ˈstrɪŋˌhɔlt/, /ˈstrɪŋˌhɑlt/ 1. An affection of the hind legs of a horse which causes certain muscles to contract spasmodically.
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cord?1523
stringhalt?1523
maryhinchcho1610
springhalt1610
strangle-halt1624
string1650
haltstring1673
wild mare hunch (hinch, hitch)1703
stringhaltedness1889
?1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry f. xxxv The strynge halt is an yll disease: and maketh hym to twytche vp his legge sodaynly.
1592 R. Dallington tr. F. Colonna Hypnerotomachia f. 45 I might well perceiue that they [sc. the nymphs] had neither crampes nor stringhawldes or leaden heeles.
1639 T. de Gray Compl. Horseman ii. iv. 66 All manner of convulsions, cramps, numnesse, and stringholts.
1688 London Gaz. No. 2353/4 He takes up his Legs behind when he walks, as if he had the String-halt.
1817 W. Scott Rob Roy II. xiv. 305 The stringhalt will gae aff when it's gaen a mile.
1888 W. Williams Princ. & Pract. Vet. Med. (ed. 5) 11 Hereditary tendency.—Many diseases, such as curbs, spavin,..chorea or stringhalt, run in certain breeds of horses.
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stringhalt1675
stringhalted1687
springhalt1718
string-halty1849
1675 London Gaz. No. 983/4 A Grey Mare,..Stringhalt on the near Leg behind.
1703 London Gaz. No. 3881/4 A brown-bay Nag,..much string-halt.
Derivatives
ˈstringhalted adj. affected with stringhalt.
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stringhalt1675
stringhalted1687
springhalt1718
string-halty1849
1687 London Gaz. No. 2224/4 The one [gelding] a grey,..string-halted.
stringhaltedness n. the fact or condition of suffering from stringhalt.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > animal disease or disorder > disorders of horses > [noun] > disorders of legs > stringhalt
cord?1523
stringhalt?1523
maryhinchcho1610
springhalt1610
strangle-halt1624
string1650
haltstring1673
wild mare hunch (hinch, hitch)1703
stringhaltedness1889
1889 F. C. Philips Young Ainslie's Courtship I. vi. 62 There was also a distinct tendency towards string-haltedness.
ˈstringhalter n. a horse affected with stringhalt.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > body or parts of horse > [noun] > leg > horse defined by
white stocking1706
stringhalter1872
stumper1874
1872 Daily News 18 Apr. 5/7 The roarers, wheezers, scramblers, star-gazers, stringhalters.
string-halty adj. = stringhalted adj.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > animal disease or disorder > disorders of horses > [adjective] > disorders of legs > stringhalt
stringhalt1675
stringhalted1687
springhalt1718
string-halty1849
1849 R. S. Surtees Soapey Sponge's Sporting Tour xi, in New Monthly Mag. May 68 A weedy string-halty chesnut.., high in bone and low in flesh.
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