fetlocknoun [ C ]
uk/ˈfet.lɒk/us/ˈfet.lɑːk/specializedthe part of a horse's leg at the back, just above the foot, where longer hair grows
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- It danced sideways, shaking its white fetlocks and looking frightened, as it felt itself in the brook.
- Needless to say, marked lameness and swelling of the fetlock soon take place.
- Shoulder, elbow, knee, and fetlock are all easily and painlessly flexed and extended.
- The horses were great, docile creatures, with shaggy, clumsy legs, hoofs as big as dinner plates, and fetlocks six inches long.
- They sank above the fetlocks at every step in the soft snow.